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"Words cannot tell the sweet content
That in my soul doth reign,
Whose wealth the faster it is spent
The richer doth remain.
That in my soul doth reign,
Whose wealth the faster it is spent
The richer doth remain.
"Stars crown me with their aureole,
The sea flows through my veins,
The heavens clothe me, and my soul
Infinity contains.[1]
The sea flows through my veins,
The heavens clothe me, and my soul
Infinity contains.[1]
"I look beyond Earth's petty span,
And worlds of light I see,
Where, cleansed from sin and suffering, man
Ascends to deity,
And worlds of light I see,
Where, cleansed from sin and suffering, man
Ascends to deity,
"Until, at variance no more
With the eternal Will,
I see him, strife and effort o'er,
His destiny fulfil."
With 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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