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Felicity

from Poems of Felicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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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 and Life, an Ey most bright,

All Light and Lov;

Which doth at once all things possess and giv,

Heven and Earth, with All that therin liv;

It rests at quiet, and doth mov;

Eternal is, yet Time includes;

A Scene abov

All Interludes.

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The Works of Thomas Traherne VI
Poems from the 'Dobell Folio', Poems of Felicity, The Ceremonial Law, Poems from the 'Early Notebook'
, pp. 106
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2014

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  • Felicity
  • Edited by Jan Ross
  • Book: The Works of Thomas Traherne VI
  • Online publication: 05 May 2015
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  • Felicity
  • Edited by Jan Ross
  • Book: The Works of Thomas Traherne VI
  • Online publication: 05 May 2015
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