Born: Prob­ab­ly April 17, 1622, New­ton-By-Usk, Llan­saintffi­ad, Wales.

Died: Ap­ril 23, 1695, New­ton St. Bridg­et.

Buried: Llansantffiaed church­yard, Wales.

Vaughan stu­died un­der Rev. Mat­thew Her­bert, Rec­tor of Llan­gat­tock. He went to Je­sus Coll­ege at Ox­ford in 1638, but due to the na­tion­al trou­bles of those days, his stu­dies, and those of his twin bro­ther, were in­ter­rupt­ed, and they had to leave the un­i­ver­si­ty. Sub­se­quently Henry en­tered the med­i­cal pro­fes­sion, and prac­ticed at Brea­con and New­ton. As a re­li­gious po­et, Vaughan’s style was similar to that of George Herbert, whom he greatly admired. Vaughn’s works in­clude:

• Po­ems with the Tenth Satire of Juvenal Eng­lished, 1646
• Silex Scintillans: or Sac­red Po­ems and Pri­vate Eiacula­tions. By Henry Vaughan, Silurist, 1650
• Olor Iscanus, 1651
• The Mount of Olives, 1652

Hymns

1. As Travelers When the Twilight’s Come
2. Bright Queen of Heaven
3. Bright Shadows of True Rest
4. Joy of My Life, While Left Me Here
5. King of Mercy, King of Love
6. Lord, with What Courage and Delight
7. My God and King, to Thee I Bow My Knee
8. My Soul, There Is a Country
9. Since in a Land Not Barren Still
10. Up to Those Bright and Gladsome Hills
11. What Needs a Conscience, Clear and Bright?
12. When One Loud Blast Shall Rend the Deep
13. Zion’s True Glorious God!