Henry Vaughan Quote

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest
And passage through these looms
God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.


Silex Scintillans (1650–5) 'Man'


Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.