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“You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.”

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Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne

Thomas Traherne, born in 1636 in England, was a 17th-century poet known for his deeply religious and philosophical poetry, considered one of the most unique voices in the history of English literature. more

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