I that so long
Was nothing from eternity,
Did little think such joys as ear or tongue
To celebrate or see:
Such sounds to hear, such hands to feel, such feet,
Beneath the skies on such a ground to meet.
New burnished joys,
Which yellow gold and pearls excel!
Such sacred treasures are the limbs in boys,
In which a soul doth dwell;
Their organizèd joints and azure veins
More wealth include than all the world contains.
From dust I rise,
And out of nothing now awake;
These brighter regions which salute mine eyes,
A gift from God I take.
The earth, the seas, the light, the day, the skies,
The sun and stars are mine if those I prize.
Long time before
As soon as he dies and is buried his body decays dust. However, because of his Christian faith his reward is to rise again and his soul goes to heaven and his eyes will be “saluted” (greeted) with the glorious sight of the  “brighter regions” (that is, “heaven”). This eternal reward, this salvation, is a “gift” from God freely given for Traherne’s speaker to take.
The Salutation