...smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend, And (O my soul, awake !) Did in pure love descend To die here...One who never changes, Thy God, thy life, thy cure. ff. Vaughan f CXCII THY WILL BE DONE MY God, my Father, while I stray Far from my home in life's rough...

...smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files, He is thy gracious Friend, And (O my soul, awake !) Did in pure love descend, To die here...flower of peace;" The Rose that cannot wither, Thy fortresse and thy ease. Leave then thy foolish ranges. For none can thee secure, But one who never...

...smiles, And one born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend And (O my soul ! awake) Did in pure love descend. To die here...for thy sake. If thou can'st get but thither, There growes the flowre of peace. The rose that cannot wither, Thy fortresse, and thye ease, Leave, then,...

...smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend, And (O my soul awake !) Did in pure love descend To die here...who never changes, — Thy God, thy life, thy cure. HENRY VAUGHAN (1621). July i. And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant. —...

...born in a Manger Commands the Beauteous files, He is thy gracious friend, And (O my Soul awake!) IO Did in pure love descend To die here for thy sake; If them canst get but thither, There growes the flowre of peace, The Rose that cannot wither, 15 Thy fortresse,...

...and common speech (Hamlet, III. ii). The point is relevant to our understanding of Vaughan's lines If thou canst get but thither There grows the flower of peace. Which kind of conditional is that? Geoffrey Leech is more cautious than semanticists a few years since,...

...For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all." (Ancient Mariner) And Henry Vaughan states: "For none can thee secure, But one, who never changes, Thy God, thy life, thy cure." One can establish any relationship with one's personal God. One may think oneself to be Lord's servant,...

...Sweet peace sits, crowned with smiles, And one born in a manger He is thy gracious friend, And — O my soul, awake — Did in pure love descend, To die here...peace, The rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress and thine ease. Leave then thy foolish ranges, For none can thee secure But one who never changes, Thy...

...one born in a Manger Commands the Beauteous files, (1. 6—8) 16 He is thy gracious friend And (O my TW; WeW An Irish Airman Foresees His Death 70 Those that I figh (1. 9-12) 17 There growes the flowre of peace. The Rose that cannot wither, (1. 14-15) AWP; ChTr; EaLo;...

...her, he reached around with a corner of his plaid and gently dried her tears. PART TWO If thou canst but thither, There grows the flower of Peace, The...Rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress and thy ease. — Henry Vaughan Chapter Nine Sabrina was thankful for the shelter of her hood. If she dared a glance...