Note 36 — II HENRY VAUGHAN 1621-1695
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Vaughan openly wears jewels which belong to Jonson.
“Go seek thy peace in war: Who falls for love of God shall rise a star!”
wrote brave Father Ben; and no Englishman of spirit, between 1642 and the Restoration, was likely to forget it. The passage certainly clung to Vaughan’s mind, for he assimilated it later in a sweet line all for peace:
“Do thou the works of day, and rise a star.”