Centuries of Meditations, Volumen10;Volumen44

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The editor, 1908 - 341 páginas
"Centuries is a collection of poems written to express the rapture of life lived in accordance with God. Yet Dobell is careful to state that even though Traherne was a clergyman, there is plenty of beauty to be found in his poetry that does not require specific belief in Christianity or in God." --
 

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Página 129 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Página 214 - God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Página 217 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Página 215 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Página 223 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Página 214 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty : for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him.
Página 22 - 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 :"and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so, because men are in it who are every one sole ..heirs as well as you.
Página 213 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Página 215 - She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: They shall enter into the king's palace.
Página 216 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following, For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

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