| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 44. The Rapture |
| By Thomas Traherne (?1636–1674) |
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| SWEET Infancy! | |
| O fire of heaven! O sacred Light | |
| How fair and bright, | |
| How great am I, | |
| Whom all the world doth magnify! | 5 |
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| O Heavenly Joy! | |
| O great and sacred blessedness | |
| Which I possess! | |
| So great a joy | |
| Who did into my arms convey? | 10 |
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| From God above | |
| Being sent, the Heavens me enflame: | |
| To praise his Name | |
| The stars do move! | |
| The burning sun doth shew His love. | 15 |
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| 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? | 20 |
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