Bells 1:2 (excerpt)

BY THOMAS TRAHERNE Bells are but clay that men refine And raise from duller ore; Yet now, as if they were divine, They call whole cities to adore; Exalted into steeples they Disperse their sound, and from on high Chime in our souls’ they ev’ry way Speak to us through the sky: Their iron tongues……

Silence (excerpt)

BY THOMAS TRAHERNE A quiet Silent Person may possess All that is Great or High in Blessedness. A man, that seemeth Idle to the view Of others, may the Greatest Business do. Those Acts which Adam in his Innocence Performed, carry all the Excellence. To see, Approve, take Pleasure, and rejoyce Within is better than……