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The Evening-Watch: A Dialogue By Henry Vaughan   BODY Farewell! I go to sleep; but when The day-star springs, I’ll wake again.   SOUL Go, sleep in peace; and when thou liest Unnumber’d in thy dust, when all this frame Is but one dram, and what thou now descriest In sev’ral parts shall want a name, Then may his peace be with thee, and each dust Writ in his book, who ne’er betray’d man’s trust!   BODY Amen! but hark, ere we two stray How many hours dost think ’till day?   SOUL Ah go; th’art weak, and sleepy. Heav’n Is a plain watch, and without figures winds All ages up; who drew this circle, even He fills it; days and hours are blinds. Yet this take with thee. The last gasp of time Is thy first breath, and man’s eternal prime.     Henry Vaughan was a Welsh poet from the 17th century. He wrote religious poems. His poems talk about deep thoughts, the soul, and God. The Evening-Watch: A Dialogue is one of...

The Old English Period Duration: 450-1066 It is also called "The Anglo Saxon Period" Saxon is the name of a Tribe of Germany. England was under the occupation of Romans. Saxon, Angels, Jutes kept occupied England from 450-1066. Literature moves orally in this time. English is basically a West Germanic Language. Famous Writers: Cademon, Saint Venerable Bede, Cynewulf, King Alfred Famous Writings: Beowulf, The Wanderer, The Wife‘s Lament, The Seafarer, The Husband‘s Message, Traveler