Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE INSTRUCTION, by THOMAS TRAHERNE


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THE INSTRUCTION, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Spew out thy filth, thy flesh abjure
Last Line: In which all men at once conspire.
Subject(s): Innocence


1

Spew out thy filth, thy flesh abjure;
Let not contingents thee defile.
For transients only are impure,
And airy things thy soul beguile.

2

Unfelt, unseen let those things be
Which to thy spirit were unknown,
When to thy blessed infancy
The world, thyself, thy God was shown.

3

All that is great and stable stood
Before thy purer eyes at first:
All that in visibles is good
Or pure, or fair, or unaccurst.

4

Whatever else thou now dost see
In custom, action, or desire,
'Tis but a part of misery
In which all men at once conspire.





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