The Rapture
Gerald Finzi, Thomas Traherne
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 blessedness
Which I possess!
So great a joy
Who did into my arms convey?
From God above
Being sent, the gift doth me enflame
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 rais'd? Who mine
Did make the same! What hand divine!