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"Words cannot tell the sweet contentThat in my soul doth reign,Whose wealth the faster it is spentThe richer doth remain.
"Stars crown me with their aureole,The sea flows through my veins,The heavens clothe me, and my soulInfinity contains.[1]
"I look beyond Earth's petty span,And worlds of light I see,Where, cleansed from sin and suffering, manAscends to deity,
"Until, at variance no moreWith the eternal Will,I see him, strife and effort o'er,His destiny fulfil."
1902
- ↑ "You never enjoy the world aright till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars."—Thomas Traherne.
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