THE PERSON 65 THE ESTATE 69 THE ENQUIRY 73 THE CIRCULATION 76 AMENDMENT 80 THE DEMONSTRATION 83 THE ANTICIPATION 88 THE RECOVERY 94 ANOTHER 98 LOVE 101 THOUGHTS.--I 104 THOUGHTS.--II 109 [THE INFLUX] 112 THOUGHTS.--III 115 DESIRE 119 THOUGHTS.--IV 123 GOODNESS 128 [THE SOUL'S GLORY] 132 [FINITE YET INFINITE] 134 ON NEWS 135 [THE TRIUMPH] 138 [THE ONLY ILL] 140 THE RECOVERY 142 [THE GLORY OF ISRAEL] 143 [ASPIRATION] 148 [SUPPLICATION] 152 AN HYMN UPON ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY 153 POEMS FROM TRAHERNE'S "CHRISTIAN ETHICKS"-- "FOR MAN TO ACT AS IF HIS SOUL DID SEE" 156 "ALL MUSICK, SAWCES, FEASTS, DELIGHTS, AND PLEASURES" 157 "AS IN A CLOCK 'TIS HINDER'D FORCE DOTH BRING" 157 "WERE ALL THE WORLD A PARADISE OF EASE" 159 OF MEEKNESS 160 OF CONTENTMENT 166 "AND IF THE GLORY AND ESTEEM I HAVE" 167 APPENDIX-- BLISS 170 [LIFE'S BLESSEDNESS] 171 [THE RESURRECTION] 172 THE WAYS OF WISDOM 174 TRAHERNE'S "SERIOUS AND PATHETICALL CONTEMPLATION OF THE MERCIES OF GOD" 179 THE WILL OF THOMAS TRAHERNE 185 Note: The poems of which the titles are enclosed within brackets are without titles in the original manuscripts. It seemed better to give them names, in order to facilitate reference to them. INTRODUCTION