"Dear Night! this world's defeat; The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat Which none disturb! Christ's progress, and His prayer-time; The hours to which high Heaven cloth chime."

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Source : 'The Night' l. 25 from 'Silex Scintillans' (1650-5)

Henry Vaughan

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