A Great Ring of Pure and Endless Light: Selected Poems

A Great Ring of Pure and Endless Light: Selected Poems

By Henry Vaughan

A selection of the finest of Henry Vaughan's Metaphysical poems, which are filled with a 'deep, but dazzling darkness'. Lesser known Vaughan works, including some love poems, are collected here beside the famous pieces such as 'The Morning Watch', 'The World' and 'The Night'.

Henry Vaughan is the Metaphysical poet from the Welsh borders (he was born at Newton-upon-Usk, Breconshire, in 1621). He went up to Oxford, studied l...