Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SON-DAYS, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bright shadows of true rest! Some shoots of bliss Last Line: Of a full feast; and the out-courts of glory. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Variant Title(s): Son-dayes Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Sabbath; Sunday | ||||||||
Bright shadows of true rest! some shoots of bliss, Heaven once a week; The next world's gladness prepossessed in this; A day to seek Eternity in time; the steps by which We climb above all ages; lamps that light Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich And full redemption of the whole week's flight. 2 The pulleys unto headlong man; time's bower; The narrow way; Transplanted Paradise; God's walking hour; The cool o' th' day; The Creatures' jubilee; God's parle with dust; Heaven here; man on those hills of myrrh and flowers; Angels descending; the returns of trust; A gleam of glory, after six-days-showers. 3 The Church's love-feasts; time's prerogative And interest Deducted from the whole; the combs and hive, And home of rest. The milky way chalked out with suns; a clue That guides through erring hours; and in full story A taste of Heav'n on earth; the pledge and cue Of a full feast; and the out-courts of glory. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SUNDAY: NEW GUINEA by KARL SHAPIRO SABBATHS: 2001 by WENDELL BERRY SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY by PAUL BLACKBURN |
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