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Christian : Protestant

17th Century

About Thomas Traherne

Timeline (1636? - 1674)

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Original Language
English

The Rapture

Themes

Bliss

Fire

Honey

Light

Lover and Beloved

Recommended Books

	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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     Sweet Infancy!
     O Fire of heaven! O sacred Light
     How fair and bright,
     How great am I,
Whom all the world doth magnify!

     O Heavenly Joy!
O great and sacred blessedness
     Which I possess!
     So great a joy
Who did into my arms convey?

     From God above
Being sent, the Heavens me enflame:
     To praise his Name
     The stars to move!
The burning sun doth shew His love.

     O how divine
Am I! To all this sacred wealth,
     This life and health,
     Who raised? Who mine
Did make the same? What hand divine?

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

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About Thomas Traherne

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