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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY OF MY LIFE! WHILE LEFT ME HERE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Will guide him in Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Absence | |||
Joy of my life while left me here! And still my Love! How in thy absence thou dost steer Me from above! A life well led This truth commends, With quick or dead It never ends. 2. Stars are of mighty use; the night Is dark, and long; The road foul ; and where one goes right, Six may go wrong. One twinkling ray, Shot o'er some cloud, May clear much way, And guide a crowd. 3. God's saints are shining lights: who stays Here long must pass O'er dark hills, swift streams, and steep ways As smooth as glass; But these all night, Like candles, shed Their beams, and light Us into bed. 4. They are''"indeed''"our pillar fires, Seen as we go; They are that City's shining spires We travel to: A swordlike gleam Kept man for sin First out; this beam Will guide him in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN |
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