SON-DAYS. by Henry Vaughan I. BRIGHT shadows of true rest ! some shoots of bliss ;                                       Heaven once a week ; The next world's gladness preposses'd 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 creature's 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 chalk'd 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. Source: Vaughan, Henry. The Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist. vol I. E. K. Chambers, Ed. London, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd., 1896. 114-115. to Works of Henry Vaughan Site copyright ©1996-2000 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on October 8, 2000. Background by the kind permission of Gini Schmitz.