The Revival

Henry Vaughan

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

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

Next 10 Poems

• Henry Vaughan : The Shepherds
• Henry Vaughan : The Star
• Henry Vaughan : The Timber
• Henry Vaughan : The True Christmas
• Henry Vaughan : The Water-fall
• Henry Vaughan : The World
• Henry Vaughan : They Are All Gone Into The World Of Light
• Wang Wei : A Farmhouse On The Wei River
• Wang Wei : A Green Stream.
• Wang Wei : A Message From My Lodge At Wangchuan To Pei Di

Previous 10 Poems

• Henry Vaughan : The Retreat
• Henry Vaughan : The Nativity
• Henry Vaughan : The Morning-watch
• Henry Vaughan : The Evening-watch: A Dialogue
• Henry Vaughan : Peace
• Henry Vaughan : I Walk'd The Other Day
• Henry Vaughan : Friends Departed
• Henry Vaughan : Christ's Nativity
• R.S. Thomas : Welsh Landscape
• R.S. Thomas : The Woman