While that doth fade This therefore ever shall endure Within the soul as more divine and pure.[52]
[1] See my _Studies in Mystical Religion_, chap. xix.
[2] Book III. lines 51-55.
[3] Book III. lines 194-197.
[4] Book I. line 18. Since this chapter was written, Alden Sampson"s _Studies in Milton_ (New York, 1913) has been published. His valuable chapter on "Milton"s Confession of Faith" reveals in Milton a very wide acquaintance with the ideas which I have been tracing, and shows by a vast number of quotations how frequently the poet used these ideas sympathetically.
[5] Francis Quarles" "My Beloved is Mine."
[6] George Herbert"s poem "Man."
[7] Francis Quarles" "Light."
[8] _Centuries of Meditations_ (London, 1908), iii. 16. For details of his life and for the story of the discovery of his writings, see the Introduction to _The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne_ (1903) by Bertram Dobell.
[9] Traherne"s pom "Wonder," iii.
[10] _Centuries of Meditations_, iii. 1, 2 and 3.
[11] "Wonder," i.
[12] "The Salutation"
[13] Vaughan"s "The Retreat."
[14] Traherne"s "The Approach."
[15] _Ibid._
[16] _Centuries of Meditations_, iii. 8.
[17] _Ibid._
[18] "Dumbness."
[19] "The Preparative."
[20] _Centuries of Meditations_, iii. 46.
[21] _Ibid._ ii. 81. See also ii. 70 and 83.
[22] _Centuries of Meditations_, ii. 92.
[23] _Ibid._ iv. 70.
[24] _Ibid._ i. 19, and iv. 81.
[25] _Ibid._ ii. 23.
[26] "My Spirit."
[27] "Fullness."
[28] "The Choice."
[29] _Centuries of Meditations_, ii. 17.
[30] _Ibid._ ii. 1 and 17.
[31] _Ibid._ ii. 6.
[32] _Ibid._ i. 26.
[33] _Ibid._ i. 25 and 27.
[34] _Centuries of Meditations_, i. 28-31.
[35] _Centuries of Meditations_, iii. 7 and 3.
[36] _Ibid._ iii. 11-13.
[37] _Centuries of Meditations_, i. 59.
[38] _Ibid._ i. 67 and 62.
[39] _Ibid._ i. 60.
[40] _Ibid._ iv. 59.
[41] _Ibid._ iv. 28. See also iv. 31.
[42] _Ibid._ i. 86.
[43] _Centuries of Meditations_, iv. 2.
[44] _Ibid._ iv. 95.
[45] _Christian Ethics_, chapter on "Charity."
[46] _Centuries of Meditations_, iv. 9.
[47] _Centuries of Meditations_, iv. 37.
[48] _Ibid._ iv. 38.