Henry Vaughan (1622 - 1695)

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Henry Vaughan was born into a middle-class Welsh family in Breconshire. In 1638 he went to Jesus College, Oxford, with his brother Thomas, who later achieved fame as an alchemist. Henry left Oxford in 1640 without taking a degree, and spent two years in London studying law. He was recalled home when the Civil War broke out, and he is thought to have served on the Royalist side in South Wales sometime around 1645. In 1646 Vaughan married Catherine Wise and published his first book of verse, P.. Continue..

Some of Henry Vaughan Poems

Christ's Nativity

Etesia Absent

Friends Departed

I Walk'd the Other Day

Peace

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	Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

- Henry Vaughan

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