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“The sense itself was I. I felt no dross or matter in my soul, no brims or borders, such as in a bowl we see. My essence was capacity.”

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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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