1 <br /> <br />Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, <br />Heaven once a week; <br />The next world's gladness prepossest in this; <br />A day to seek; <br />Eternity in time; the steps by which <br />We Climb above all ages; Lamps that light <br />Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich, <br />And full redemption of the whole week's flight. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />The Pulleys unto headlong man; time's bower; <br />The narrow way; <br />Transplanted Paradise; God's walking hour; <br />The Cool o'th' day; <br />The Creatures' _Jubilee_; God's parle with dust; <br />Heaven here; Man on the hills of Myrrh, and flowers; <br />Angels descending; the Returns of Trust; <br />A Gleam of glory, after six-days'-showers. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />The Church's love-feasts; Time's Prerogative, <br />And Interest <br />Deducted from the whole; The Combs, and hive, <br />And home of rest. <br />The milky way chalked out with suns; a clue <br />That guides through erring hours; and in full story <br />A taste of Heav'n on earth; the pledge, and cue <br />Of a full feast: And the Out Courts of glory.<br /><br />Henry Vaughan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/son-days/
