Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Transfiguration

Traherne saw men as Cherubim,
Each boy and girl a living gem,
For so they had appeared to him
When infant-eyed he looked on them.
And what in infancy he knew,
He never to the end outgrew.
    Conflicting visions make their claims
    For each to pass his judgment on,
    And so it was with Peter, James, and John.

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