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Henry Vaughan - And Do They So?Henry Vaughan - And Do They So?
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"Etenim res creatoe exerto capite observantes expectant revelationem Filiorum Dei.": "For created things, watching with head erect, await the revelation of the Sons of God." And do they so? Have they a sense Of aught but influence? Can they their heads lift, and expect, And groan too? Why the elect Can do no more; my volumes said They were all dull, and dead; They judged them senseless, and their state Wholly inanimate. Go, go, seal up thy looks, And burn thy books. I would I were a stone, or tree, Or flower, by pedigree, Or some poor highway herb, or spring To flow, or bird to sing! Then should I, tied to one sure state, All day expect my date; But I am sadly loose, and stray A giddy blast each way; O let me not thus range, Thou canst not change! Sometimes I sit with Thee and tarry An hour or so, then vary; Thy other creatures in this scene Thee only aim and mean; Some rise to seek Thee, and with heads Erect, peep from their beds; Others, whose birth is in the tomb, And cannot quit the womb, Sigh there, and groan for Thee, Their liberty. O let me not do less! Shall they Watch, while I sleep or play? Shall I thy mercies still abuse With fancies, friends, or news? O brook it not!  Thy blood is mine, And my soul should be Thine; O brook it not! why wilt Thou stop, After whole showers, one drop? Sure Thou wilt joy to see Thy sheep with Thee.
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