The Evening-Watch Op. 43 No. 1
The Body
Farewell! I go to sleep; but when
The day-star springs, I'll wake again.
The Soul
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!
The Body
Amen! but hark, ere we two stray
How many hours dost think 'till day?
The Soul
Ah go; th'art weak, and sleepy. Heav'n
Is a plain watch, and without gures winds
All ages up; who drew this circle, even
He flls 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.
Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
Farewell! I go to sleep; but when
The day-star springs, I'll wake again.
The Soul
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!
The Body
Amen! but hark, ere we two stray
How many hours dost think 'till day?
The Soul
Ah go; th'art weak, and sleepy. Heav'n
Is a plain watch, and without gures winds
All ages up; who drew this circle, even
He flls 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.
Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
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Writer(s): Gustav Holst, Henry Vaughan
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