You never enjoy the world aright till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the starsThomas Traherne
Centuries of Meditations, First Century, §29 (ed. Dobell, 1908)
He does not ask you to admire the sea. He says the sea is already flowing in your veins, and that you are already clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars — and that until you let that be true, nothing you look at will give you anything. It is not a demand. It is an invitation to notice what has been true the whole time.
From the Library: Centuries of Meditations, Thomas Traherne