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THE RAPTURE (1) by THOMAS TRAHERNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SWEET INFANCY
Last Line: DID MAKE THE SAME? WHAT HAND DIVINE!
Subject(s): SELF;

1

Sweet infancy!
O fire of Heaven! O sacred light!
How fair and bright!
How great am I,
Whom all the world doth magnify!

2

O heavenly joy!
O great and sacred blessedness,
Which I possess!
So great a joy
Who did into my arms convey!

3

From God above
Being sent, the heavens me inflame,
To praise His name.
The stars do move!
The burning sun doth show His love.

4

O how divine
Am I! To all this sacred wealth,
This life and health,
Who rais'd? Who mine
Did make the same? What hand divine!



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