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My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry All skilful in the wars; There above noise and danger Sweet peace sits crown’d with smiles; And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend, And oh! my soul, awake; Did in pure love descend To die here for my sake. If thou canst get but thither, There grows the flower of peace; The rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress and thy ease Leave then thy foolish ranges; For none can thee secure, But one who never changes, Thy God, thy life, thy cure.
My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry All skilful in the wars; There above noise and danger Sweet peace sits crown’d with smiles; And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend, And oh! my soul, awake; Did in pure love descend To die here for my sake. If thou canst get but thither, There grows the flower of peace; The rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress and thy ease Leave then thy foolish ranges; For none can thee secure, But one who never changes, Thy God, thy life, thy cure.
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- Henry Vaughan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 435 · printed citation: Henry Vaughan · subject: PEACE
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