Traherne

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    What sacred instinct did inspire
    My soul in childhood with a hope so strong?
    —Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)

    I that so long
    Was Nothing from Eternity,
    Did little think such Joys as Ear and Tongue
    To celebrate or see:
    Such Sounds to hear, such Hands to feel, such Feet,
    Such Eyes and Objects, on the Ground to meet.
    —Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)

    It is of the nobility of man’s soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours?
    —Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)