Let there be light

Let there be light by Christolakis on Flickr.

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I saw Eternity the other night,
Like a great ring of pure and endless light,
All calm, as it was bright

And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years
Driv'n by the spheres
Like a vast shadow mov'd ; in which the world
And all her train were hurl'd.
The doting lover in his quaintest strain
Did there complain ;
Near him, his lute, his fancy, and his flights,
Wit's sour delights ;
With gloves, and knots, the silly snares of pleasure,
Yet his dear treasure,
All scatter'd lay, while he his eyes did pour
Upon a flow'r

First part of the World by Henry Vaughan