Henry Vaughan

1622-1695 / Welsh
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Christ’s NativityI / Awake, glad heart! Get up and sing, / It is the birthday of thy King,
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Friends DepartedThey are all gone into the world of light! / And I alone sit ling’ring here; / Their very memory is fair and bright,
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PeaceMy soul, there is a country / Far beyond the stars, / Where stands a wingèd sentry
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The NativityPeace? and to all the world? sure, One / And He the Prince of Peace, hath none. / He travels to be born, and then
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The RetreatHappy those early days, when I / Shin’d in my Angel-infancy! / Before I understood this place
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The ShepherdsSweet, harmless lives! (on whose holy leisure / Waits innocence and pleasure), / Whose leaders to those pastures, and clear springs,
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The TimberSure thou didst flourish once! and many springs, / Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers, / Pass’d o’er thy head; many light hearts and wings,
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The True ChristmasSo stick up ivy and the bays, / And then restore the heathen ways. / Green will remind you of the spring,
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