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Since I in storms most used to be, And seldom yielded flowers, How shall I get a wreath for thee From those rude barren hours? The softer dressings of the spring, Or summer’s later store, I will not for thy temples bring, Which thorns, not roses, wore: But a twined wreath of grief and praise, Praise soiled with tears, and tears again Shining with joy, like dewy days, This day I bring for all thy pain, Thy causeless pain; and as sad death, Which sadness breeds in the most vain, O not in vain; now beg thy breath, Thy quick’ning breath, which gladly bears Through saddest clouds to that glad place Where cloudless quires sing without tears, Sing thy just praise, and see thy face.
Since I in storms most used to be, And seldom yielded flowers, How shall I get a wreath for thee From those rude barren hours? The softer dressings of the spring, Or summer’s later store, I will not for thy temples bring, Which thorns, not roses, wore: But a twined wreath of grief and praise, Praise soiled with tears, and tears again Shining with joy, like dewy days, This day I bring for all thy pain, Thy causeless pain; and as sad death, Which sadness breeds in the most vain, O not in vain; now beg thy breath, Thy quick’ning breath, which gladly bears Through saddest clouds to that glad place Where cloudless quires sing without tears, Sing thy just praise, and see thy face.
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 91 · printed citation: Henry Vaughan · subject: BREATH—BREATHING
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