First of six programmes The Man
After the horrors of our civil war this serene country priest emerged to write poetry about material things as no other Englishman has.
TheRevKeithClement! presents a selection of these meditations, based on Traherne's own belief that ' never was anything In the world loved too much, but many things have been loved In a false way'.
Readers Frank Duncan and Patrick Malahlde Producer PETER FIRTH BBC Bristol