I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.


Silex scintillans, 1650. A... facsimile (ed. 1858)

Henry Vaughan Quotes

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.