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The Evening-Watch [A Dialogue]

DY         Farewell!

I go to sleep; but when        The day-star springs,

I'll wake again.

UL         Go, sleep in peace; and when thou liest    Unnumber'd in thy dust, when all this frame    Is but one dram, and what thou now descriest        In sev'ral parts shall want a name,    Then may his peace be with thee, and each dust    Writ in his book, who ne'er betray'd man's trust!

DY         Amen! but hark, ere we two stray      How many hours dost think 'till day?

UL       Ah go; th'art weak, and sleepy.

Heav'n  Is a plain watch, and without figures winds  All ages up; who drew this circle, even      He fills it; days and hours are blinds.  Yet this take with thee.

The last gasp of time  Is thy first breath, and man's eternal prime.

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Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author, translator and physician, writing in English. He is chiefly…

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