The Mind

Insatiableness. II

by Thomas Traherne 1636?–1674

From Poems of Felicity (Bell, 1910)

The Mind

This busy, vast, enquiring Soul
Brooks no Controul,
No Limits will endure,
Nor any Rest: It will all see,
Not Time alone, but ev'n Eternity.
What is it? Endless sure,

'Tis mean Ambition to desire
A single World:
To many I aspire,
Tho one upon another hurl'd:
Nor will they all, if they be all confin'd,
Delight my Mind.

This busy, vast, enquiring Soul
Brooks no Controul:
'Tis very curious too.
Each one of all those Worlds must be
Enricht with infinit Variety
And Worth; or 'twill not do.

'Tis nor Delight nor perfect Pleasure
To have a Purse
That hath a Bottom in its Treasure,
Since I must thence endless Expence disburse.
Sure there's a God (for els there's no Delight)
One Infinit.

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Traherne, Thomas. “Insatiableness. II.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/traherne/88/.

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