Religion

(untitled)

by Henry Vaughan 1621–1695

Religion

COme, come, what doe I here?
Since he is gone
Each day is grown a dozen year,
And each houre, one;
Come, come!
Cut off the sum,
By these soil'd teares!
(Which only thou
Know'st to be true,)
Dayes are my feares.

Ther's not a wind can stir,
Or beam passe by,
But strait I think (though far,)
Thy hand is nigh;
Come, come!
Strike these lips dumb▪
This restles breath
That soiles thy name,
Will ne'r be tame
Untill in death.

Perhaps some think a tombe
No house of store,
But a dark, and seal'd up wombe,
Which ne'r breeds more.
Come, come!
Such thoughts benum;
But I would be
With him I weep
A bed, and sleep
To wake in thee.

MLA

Vaughan, Henry. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vaughan/18/.

Chicago

Vaughan, Henry. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vaughan/18/.

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