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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.

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The Book
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Quickness
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Beyond The Veil
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Cock-Crowing
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Corruption
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Silence and Stealth of Days
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Retirement
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Friends Departed
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Unprofitableness
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The Revival
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Peace
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Man
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The Morning-Watch
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The Dwelling-Place
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Vain Wits and Eyes
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Christ's Nativity
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Regeneration
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The Water-Fall
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The Night
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The Shower (I)
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Childhood
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Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae : Liber 2. Metrum 5
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The Daughter of Herodias
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And Do They So?
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The Bird
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