Traherne

[ truh-hurn ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.

Traherne

/ trəˈhɜːn /

noun

1. TraherneThomas16371674MEnglishRELIGION: mystical prose writerWRITING: poet Thomas . 1637–74, English mystical prose writer and poet. His prose works include Centuries of Meditations , which was discovered in manuscript in 1896 and published in 1908

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Thomas Traherne is a mystical writer of singular charm and originality.

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Traherne's account of the gradual dimming of this early radiance, and his enforced change of values is equally unusual.

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To Traherne the Soul is a sea which not only receives the rivers of God's bliss but 'all it doth receive returns again.'

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I am tempted, but will not be drawn to discuss how Traherne stands related to Vaughan on the one hand and Cowley on the other.

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Yet Traherne is no quietist: a fervent, passionate lover, rather, of simple and holy things.

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