Religion
The Rapture
From Poetical Works, ed. B. Dobell (1906)
Sweet Infancy!
O fire of heaven! O sacred Light!
How fair and bright!
How great am I,
Whom all the world doth magnify!
O Heavenly joy!
O great and sacred blessedness
Which I possess!
So great a joy
Who did into my arms convey!
From God above
Being sent, the Heavens me enflame:
To praise his Name
The stars do move!
The burning sun doth shew His love.
O how divine
Am I! To all this sacred wealth,
This life and health,
Who raised? Who mine
Did make the same? What hand divine?
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MLA
Traherne, Thomas. “The Rapture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/traherne/7/.
Chicago
Traherne, Thomas. “The Rapture.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/traherne/7/.
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