Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Thoughts on Thomas Traherne

I liked this reading because to me it just seemed like it flowed. The discriptions were beautiful and it just seemed like poetry. For examble... it says "Your enjoyment of the world is never right till every morning you awake in heaven; see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies and the earth and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all as if you were among the angels." To me that just sounds beautiful, even if you dont try to figure out the meaning of it. If you just listen to it said aloud, it just sounds pleasant. And if you try to imagin the images it just looks beautiful. Awaking in heaven, being among the angels,... Also i liked the sentence "You never enjoy the world aright till the sea itself flows in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars." The image just sounds like a powerful image, like an image of a god.

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