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 Evidence.
His Word confirms the Sale:
Those Sheets enfold my Bliss:
Eternity its self's the Pale
Wherin my tru Estate enclosed is:
Each ancient Miracle's a Seal:
Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, Patriarchs are
The Witnesses; and what their Words reveal,
Their written Records do declare.
All may well wonder such a 'State to see
In such a solemn sort settled on me.
Those Sheets enfold my Bliss:
Eternity its self's the Pale
Wherin my tru Estate enclosed is:
Each ancient Miracle's a Seal:
Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, Patriarchs are
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Their written Records do declare.
All may well wonder such a 'State to see
In such a solemn sort settled on me.
Did not his Word proclaim
My Title to th' Estate,
His Works themselvs affirm the same
By what they do; my Wish they antedate.
Before I was conceiv'd, they were
Allotted for my great Inheritance;
As soon as I among them did appear
They did surround me, to advance
My Interest and Lov. Each Creature says,
God made us Thine, that we might shew His Prais.
My Title to th' Estate,
His Works themselvs affirm the same
By what they do; my Wish they antedate.
Before I was conceiv'd, they were
Allotted for my great Inheritance;
As soon as I among them did appear
They did surround me, to advance
My Interest and Lov. Each Creature says,
God made us Thine, that we might shew His Prais.
The Services they do,
Aloud proclaim them Mine;
In that they are adapted to
Supply my Wants; wherin they all combine
To pleas and serv me, that I may
God, Angels, Men, Fowls, Beasts, and Fish enjoy,
Both in a natural and transcendent way;
And to my Soul the Sense convey
Of Wisdom, Goodness, Power, and Lov Divine,
Which made them all, and made them to be mine.
Aloud proclaim them Mine;
In that they are adapted to
Supply my Wants; wherin they all combine
To pleas and serv me, that I may
God, Angels, Men, Fowls, Beasts, and Fish enjoy,
Both in a natural and transcendent way;
And to my Soul the Sense convey
Of Wisdom, Goodness, Power, and Lov Divine,
Which made them all, and made them to be mine.
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