Editing Henry Vaughan (section)

==Death and legacy==
Henry Vaughan was acclaimed less in his lifetime than after his death, on 23 April 1695 aged 74. He was buried in the churchyard of St Bride's, Llansantffraed, Powys, where he had spent most of his life.<ref>[http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/llansantffraed1.htm Images of Wales: St Bride's Church, Llansantffraed juxta Usk, Breconshire]. Accessed 19 April 2014.</ref> The grave is visited by enthusiasts and has been the inspiration for other poets, including [[Siegfried Sassoon]],<ref>{{Cite book |author=Edmund Blunden |title=On the Poems of Henry Vaughan: Characteristics and Intimations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UlLAAAAMAAJ |date=1 January 1927 |publisher=R. Cobden-Sanderson |page=8}}</ref> [[Roland Mathias]]<ref>{{Cite book |author=Malcolm Ballin |title=Welsh Periodicals in English: 1882–2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2VeuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |date=1 June 2013 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=978-0-7083-2615-2 |pages=79}}</ref> and [[Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris|Brian Morris]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Brian Morris |title=The Collected Poems of Brian Morris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeYZAAAACAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Rare Books & Berry Limited |isbn=978-0-9539951-0-3}}</ref>

Vaughan is recognised as an "example of a poet who can write both graceful and effective prose".<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He influenced the work of poets such as [[Wordsworth]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]]. The American science fiction writer [[Philip K. Dick]] also named Vaughan as a key influence.