by Thomas Traherne (1637? - 1674)
The Rapture
Language: English
Sweet Infancy! O heavenly fire! O sacred Light! How fair and bright! How great am I Whom the whole world doth magnify! O heavenly Joy! O great and sacred brightness Which I possess! Sao great a joy Who did into my arms convey? From God above Being sent, the gift doth me inflame, To praise his name. The stars do move, The sun doth shine, to show his love. O how divine Am I! To all this sacred wealth This life and health Who raised? Who mine Did make the same? What hand divine!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Traherne (1637? - 1674) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "The Rapture", op. 8 no. 3 [tenor solo and string orchestra], from Dies Natalis, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Anne Ozorio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 94