Ache Quote by Henry Vaughan

“I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.” quote by Henry Vaughan — Download Open image

“I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.”

Henry Vaughan

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The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

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Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just.

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“ The Dawning Ah! what time wilt Thou come? when shall that cry, The Bridegroom’s coming! fill the sky; Shall it in the evening run When our words and works are done? Or will Thy all-surprising light Break at midnight, When either sleep or some dark pleasure Possesseth mad man without measure? Or shall these early, fragrant hours Unlock Thy…

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For each inclosed spirit is a star Enlightening his own little sphere

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Yet never sleep the sun up. Prayer shou'd Dawn with the day. There are set, awful hours 'Twixt heaven and us. The manna was…

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Sure thou did'st nourish once! and many springs, Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers, Passed o'er thy head; many light hearts and wings,…

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They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars……

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