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The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, 1636?-1674, from the original manuscripts

Chapter 1: THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS TRAHERNE 1636?-1674
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A collected edition assembles lyric meditations and prose reflections that celebrate perception and spiritual feeling. The pieces emphasize wonder, childhood-like receptivity, gratitude for creation, and the presence of the divine in ordinary experience. Poems combine devotional praise, moral observation, and contemplative practice, often using natural imagery, musical cadence, and vivid sensory detail. Extended prose meditations and notes deepen the inward focus, exploring joy, humility, the renewal of the self, and the longing for intimate communion with God.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF
THOMAS TRAHERNE
1636?-1674

FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

EDITED BY

BERTRAM DOBELL

WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR

SECOND EDITION

"I give you the end of a golden string,
Only wind it into a ball,
It will lead you in at Heaven's gate
Built in Jerusalem's wall."
William Blake
"Heaven lies about us in our infancy."
William Wordsworth

LONDON

PUBLISHED BY THE EDITOR

77 CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.

1906