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The Works of Thomas Traherne VI from Poems of Felicity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Prompted to seek my Bliss abov the Skies,
How often did I lift mine Eys
Beyond the Spheres!
Dame Nature told me there was endless Space
Within my Soul; I spy'd its very face:
Sure it not for nought appears.
What is there which a Man may see
Beyond the Spheres?
FELICITY.
There in the Mind of God, that Sphere of Lov,
(In nature, hight, extent, abov
All other Spheres,)
A Man may see Himself, the World, the Bride
Of God His Church, which as they there are ey'd
Strangely exalted each appears:
His Mind is higher than the Space
Abov the Spheres,
Surmounts all Place.
No empty Space; it is all full of Sight,
All Soul and Life, an Ey most bright,
All Light and Lov;
Which doth at once all things possess and giv,
Heven and Earth, with All that therin liv;
It rests at quiet, and doth mov;
Eternal is, yet Time includes;
A Scene abov
All Interludes.
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