Religion

Felicity

by Thomas Traherne 1636?–1674

From Poems of Felicity (Bell, 1910)

Religion

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 & Life, an Ey most bright,
All Light & Lov;
Which doth at once all things possess & giv,
Heven & Earth, with All that therin liv;
It rests at quiet, & doth mov;
Eternal is, yet Time includes;
A Scene abov
All Interludes.

MLA

Traherne, Thomas. “Felicity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/traherne/59/.

Chicago

Traherne, Thomas. “Felicity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/traherne/59/.

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