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Christian : Protestant

17th Century

About Thomas Traherne

Timeline (1636? - 1674)

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Original Language
English

The Bible

Themes

Bliss

King

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	Enjoying the World: The Rediscovery of Thomas Traherne, by Graham Dowell
	The Fountain of Living Waters: The Typology of the Waters of Life in herbert, Vaughan, and Traherne, by Donald R. Dickson
	Landscapes of Glory: Daily Readings with Thomas Traherne, by Thomas Traherne
	Metaphysical Poetry: (Penguin Classics), Edited by Colin Burrow
	Metaphysical Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Edition), Edited by Paul Negri

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1.
          That! That! There I was told
     That I the son of God was made,
His image. O divine! And that fine gold,
     With all the joys that here do fade,
Are but a toy, compared to the bliss
Which heavenly, God-like, and eternal is.

2.
          That we on earth are kings;
     And, tho we're cloth'd with mortal skin,
Are inward cherubins, have angels' wings;
     Affections, thoughts, and minds within,
Can soar through all the coasts of Heaven and earth;
And shall be sated with celestial mirth.

-- from Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

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