A stained glass window depicting Thomas Traherne in Hereford Cathedral “When I came into the country, and being seated among silent trees, had all my time in my own hands, I resolved to spend it all, whatever it cost me, in search of happiness, and to satiate that burning thirst which nature had enkindled in me from my youth. In which I was so resolute, that I chose rather to live upon ten pounds a year, and go in leather clothes, and feed upon bread and water so that I might have all my time clearly to myself, than to keep many thousands per annum in an estate of life where my time would be devoured in care and labour. …..
Your enjoyment of the world is never right till every morning you awake in heaven, see yourself in your Father's palace and look upon the skies and the earth and the air, as celestial joys, having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels. The bride of a monarch, in her husband's chamber, hath no such causes of delight as you.”
The Revd Thomas Traherne was a 17th century English clergyman, poet, theologian and nature mystic. His works breathe the same pure air as the Celtic saints who roamed the same countryside centuries before.
Your enjoyment of the world is never right till every morning you awake in heaven, see yourself in your Father's palace and look upon the skies and the earth and the air, as celestial joys, having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels. The bride of a monarch, in her husband's chamber, hath no such causes of delight as you.”
The Revd Thomas Traherne was a 17th century English clergyman, poet, theologian and nature mystic. His works breathe the same pure air as the Celtic saints who roamed the same countryside centuries before.
St Mary's, Credenhill, Herefordshire, where Traherne was Rector for ten years
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