Thomas Traherne (1636 - 1674)

Thomas Traherne MA (1636 or 1637 – ca. 27 September 1674) was an English poet, clergyman, theologian, and religious writer. Little information is known about his life. Traherne's poetry, often associated with that of the metaphysical poets, was forgotten for two centuries after his death—kept among the private papers of the Skipps family of Ledbury, Herefordshire, until 1888.