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Henry Vaughan (1622?-1695)

The Revival


              1Unfold! unfold! Take in His light,
              2Who makes thy cares more short than night.
              3The joys which with His day-star rise,
              4He deals to all but drowsy eyes;
              5And (what the men of this world miss)
              6Some drops and dews of future bliss.

              7Hark! how his winds have chang'd their note,
              8And with warm whispers call thee out.
              9The frosts are past, the storms are gone,
            10And backward life at last comes on.
            11The lofty groves in express joys
            12Reply unto the turtle's voice;
            13And here in dust and dirt, O here
            14The lilies of His love appear!

Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: Henry Vaughan (pseudonym, "Eugenius Philalethes"), Thalia Rediviva: The Pastimes and Diversions of a Country Muse, in Choice Poems on Several Occasions (London: Robert Paulet, 1678).
First publication date: 1678
RPO poem editor: N. J. Endicott
RP edition: 2RP.1.473; RPO 1996-2000.
Recent editing: 2:2002/6/7

Form: sonnet
Rhyme: aabbcc ddeeffgg

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