Come, come ! what do I here?

Henry Vaughan 1621 (Brecknockshire) – 1695



COME, come ! what do I here ?
           Since he is gone
Each day is grown a dozen year
           And each hour, one ;
               Come, come !
               Cut off the sum :
           By these soil'd tears !
               Which only Thou
                Know'st to be true,
           Days are my fears.
2.

There's not a wind can stir,
           Or beam pass by,
But straight I think, though far,
           Thy hand is nigh.
                Come, come !
                Strike these lips dumb :
           This restless breath,
                That soils Thy name,
                Will ne'er be tame
           Until in death.
3.

Perhaps some think a tomb
           No house of store,
But a dark and seal'd up womb,
           Which ne'er breeds more.
                 Come, come !
                 Such thoughts benumb :
           But I would be
                 With him I weep
                 Abed, and sleep,
           To wake in Thee.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme xxxxAaxxxxb xcxcAadeedb fgfgAahiih
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 959
Words 126
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 11, 11, 10

Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan was a Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet. Vaughan and his twin brother, the hermetic philosopher and alchemist Thomas Vaughan, were the sons of Thomas Vaughan and his wife Denise of 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Brecknockshire, Wales. Their grandfather, William, was the owner of Tretower Court. Vaughan spent most of his life in the village of Llansantffraed, near Brecon, where he is also buried. more…

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