Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Desire Comments
Rating: ★2.7
For giving me desire,
An eager thirst, a burning ardent fire,
A virgin infant flame,
A love with which into the world I came,
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Thomas Traherne
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M Asim Nehal
02 December 2016
Nicely written.........This soaring, sacred thirst, Ambassador of bliss, approached first, Making a place in me
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7/30/2025 9:09:34 AM # 1.0.0
A magnificent poem of spiritual ecstasy. Characteristically in the cataphatic or ‘positive’ spiritual tradition in which Traherne is so much at home, it does need to be read rather slowly, and repeatedly, to yield its full riches.