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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The Instruction.
Spew out thy Filth, thy Flesh abjure,
Let not Contingents thee defile;
For Transients only are impure,
And empty Things thy Soul beguile.
Let not Contingents thee defile;
For Transients only are impure,
And empty Things thy Soul beguile.
Unfelt, unseen let those things be,
Which to thy Spirit were unknown,
When to thy blessed Infancy
The World, thy Self, thy God, was shewn.
Which to thy Spirit were unknown,
When to thy blessed Infancy
The World, thy Self, thy God, was shewn.
All that is Great and stable stood
Within thy harmless View at first;
All that in Visibles is Good,
Or Pure, or Fair, or Unaccurst.
Within thy harmless View at first;
All that in Visibles is Good,
Or Pure, or Fair, or Unaccurst.
Whatever els thou now dost see
In Custom, Action, or Desire,
Is but a part of Misery
Wherin all Men at once conspire.
In Custom, Action, or Desire,
Is but a part of Misery
Wherin all Men at once conspire.
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