The poetical works of Thomas Traherne faithfully reprinted from the author's original manuscript together with Poems of Felicity reprinted from the Burney manuscript and Poems from Various Sources: Edited with preface and notes by Gladys I. Wade |
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[His Power Bounded, Greater is in Might]
His Power Bounded, Greater is in Might,Then if let loos, twere wholy infinit.
He could hav made an Endless Sea by this.
But then it had not been a Sea of Bliss.
Did Waters from the Centre to the Skies
Ascend, twould drown whatever els we Prize
The Ocean bounded in a finit Shore,
Is better far becaus it is no more.
No Use nor Glory would in that be Seen,
His Power made it Endless in Esteem.
Had not the Sun been bounded in its Sphere,
Did all the World in one fair flame appear
And were that flame a real Infinit
Twould yeeld no Profit Splendor nor Delight.
Its Corps confind, and Beams extended be
Effects of Wisdom in the Dietie.
One Star made infinit would all Exclude.
An Earth made infinit could nere be viewd.
But one being fashioned for the others sake,
He bounding all, did all most usefull make:
And which is best, in Profit and Delight
Tho not in Bulk, they all are infinit.
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