Poems by Thomas Traherne
Shadows in the Water
... ’Twas strange that people there should walk, ...
Eden
... From all the sloth, care, pain, and sorrow that advance ...
Innocence
... n, that day The ancient light of Eden did convey ...
Amendment
... But that they all more rich should be, &emsp ...
The Rapture
... O fire of heaven! O sacred Light &emsp ...
Desire
... Fruits, flowers, bowers, shady groves, and springs, ...
A Life of Sabbaths Here Beneath
... III. But inward lusts do oft assail, ...
My Spirit
... âTwas not a sphere, but âtwas a might &emsp ...
The Preparative
... Whose Power, whose Act, whose Essence was to see ...
A Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Nation
... But when I consider, O Lord, how they come unto Thy temples, fill Thy Courts, and sing Thy praises, ...
Silence (excerpt)
... His gifts and my possessions, both our treasures ...
The Recovery
... Her act that's wooed yields more delight and pleasure ...
The Apostasy
... and showed Some tinsel thing whose glittering did amaze, ...
Poverty
... Plenty of jewels, goods, and treasures, ...
In Making Bodies Love Could Not Express
... What oceans drink! yet could not all his meat, ...
