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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RESOLVE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I have considered it; and find
Last Line: Hath got the prize.
Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist
First Line: I have considered it; and find
Last Line: Hath got the prize.
Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist
I have considered it; and find
A longer stay
Is but excused neglect. To mind
One path, and stray
Into another, or to none,
Cannot be love;
When shall that traveller come home,
That will not move?
If thou wouldst thither, linger not,
Catch at the place,
Tell youth and beauty they must rot,
They're but a case;
Loose, parcelled hearts will freeze: the sun
With scattered locks
Scarce warms, but by contraction
Can heat rocks;
Call in thy powers; run and reach
Home with the light,
Be there, before the shadows stretch,
And span up night;
Follow the cry no more: there is
An ancient way
All strewed with flowers and happiness
And fresh as May;
There turn, and turn no more; let wits
Smile at fair eyes,
Or lips; but who there weeping sits,
Hath got the Prize.