Silex Scintillans 1650

Literature & Fiction

Henry Vaughan

Classics

The Scolar Press Ltd.

Henry Vaughan: A selection of his poems (Fyfield books)

Poetry

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Excerpt from The Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations of Henry VaughanHenry Vaughan came of an ancient and honourable Welsh family. The title Silurist, which appears on all his books after the first, is meant, so it is said, to distinguish among the many families bearing the name that which had its home in south-east Wales, once the seat of the warlike tribe of Silures. This family in old days had sent heroes to Agincourt, and supplied a victim to Richard Crookback, and the names of two of these, Davy Gam, Esquire, and Sir Thomas Vaughan, have attained to immortahty in the pages of Shakespeare. Their ancestral place was Tretower Castle, whence the poets grandfather had migrated to Newton, near Scethrog, the "Skethrock upon Usk" of the Prefaces; and here the poet was brought up, with the sound of the sacred river always in his ears. His path in life, the fallentis semita vitæ, as became a poet, never for long wandered from its banks; his proudest title is Olor Iscanus, the Swan of Usk; and his muse is certainly never happier than when promising an everlasting memory to its "lov'd arbours" and "gliding streams."About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations of Henry Vaughan (Classic Reprint)

Literary

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Excerpt from Silex Scintillans: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations In line 14 dull is read instead of corse. Line 19 runs When confczence hy lewd ufe had not'loﬂ fen/e. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Silex Scintillans: Sacred and Private Ejaculations (Classic Reprint)

History & Criticism

Excerpt from The Mount of Olives\nHenry Vaughan, as a poet, has been well treated by posterity. The verse collected under the title of Silex Scintillans has appeared in numerous and varied editions. H is prose works, how ever, have su?'ered from nu merited disregard; and The Mount of Olives, the fruits of his retirement, filled like his poetry with the cloistered peace and devout spirit of the true Christian, has been reprinted but twice since the publication, in 1652, of the original volume from which the present text is derived. Vaughan is a companion for the meek, the gentle, the humble in heart  he sh'eets no aggressive mission, counsels no hard discipline of his fellow-men. A te cluse for the greater part of his life, he had in his youth tasted the bitterness and sounded the vanity of the world; and out of his experience came, in all their calm and abstinence, the prayers now reprinted. He advocates the internal life, whose sweets he himself had found good. The literary value of The Mount of Olives may not be of the highest, although it would be di?icult to surpass in its own kind such a passage, for instance, as the Meditation at the Setting of the Sun. But the purity, the devout quietude, the beauty of his thought entitles Vaughan to a place among the religious classics.

The Mount of Olives (Classic Reprint)

THREE METAPHYSICAL POETS: JOHN DONNE, ROBERT HERRICK, HENRY VAUGHAN SELECTED POEMS Edited and introduced by Charlotte Greene. Three of the major Metaphysical poets are featured in this anthology: John Donne, Robert Herrick and Henry Vaughan. JOHN DONNE was, Robert Graves said, a 'Muse poet', a poet who wrote passionately of the Muse. It is easy to see Donne as a love poet, in the tradition of love poets such as Bernard de Ventadour, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch and Torquato Tasso. Donne has written his fair share of love poems. There are the bawdy allusions to the phallus in 'The Flea', while 'The Comparison' parodies the adoration poem, with references to the 'sweat drops of my mistress' breast'. Like William Shakespeare in his parody sonnet 'my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun', Donne sends up the Petrarchan and courtly love genre with gross comparisons ('Like spermatic issue of ripe menstruous boils'). In 'The Bait', there is the archetypal Renaissance opening line 'Come live with me, and be my love', as used by Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, among others. And there is the complex, ambivalent eroticism of 'The Extasie', a much celebrated love poem, and the 19th 'Elegy', where features Donne's famous couplet. ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674) was one of the Cavalier poets (other Cavalier poets included Suckling, Carew and Lovelace). He was born in London and lived much of his life in the rough remoteness of a parish in Devonshire. He studied at Cambridge (St John's College and Trinity Hall). His law studies were dropped in 1623, and he was ordained as a deacon and priest in 1624. Robert Herrick's major work, Hesperides or The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq., was published in 1648. There are some 1130 poems in the first, secular part, Hesperides, and 272 in Noble Numbers, the religious pieces. HENRY VAUGHAN is the Metaphysical poet from the Welsh borders (he was born at Newton-upon-Usk, Breconshire, in 1621). He went up to Oxford, studied law in London, wrote some astounding religious poetry, and died in 1695. The very best of Henry Vaughan's Metaphysical poems appear in this book, pieces filled with a 'deep, but dazzling darkness'. Lesser known Vaughan works, including some love poems, are collected here beside the famous pieces such as 'The Morning Watch', 'The World' and 'The Night'. With an introduction for each poet and a bibliography. Includes a picture gallery for each poet. www.crmoon.com.

Three Metaphysical Poets: Selected Poems (British Poets)

HERRICK, ROBERT

DONNE,John

Crescent Moon Publishing

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