Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEATUS VIR, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE


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First Line: Happy is the man who loves the woods and waters
Last Line: Happy the man.
Subject(s): Happiness; Men; Joy; Delight


HAPPY is the man who loves the woods and waters,
Brother to the grass, and well-beloved of Pan;
The earth shall be his, and all her laughing daughters—
Happy the man.

Never grows he old, nor shall he taste of sorrow,
Happy at the day's end as when the day began,
Yesterday forgotten, unshadowed by To-morrow—
Happy the man.

Fellowed by the mountains, ne'er his heart is lonely,
Talked to all day by rivers as they ran,
The earth is his love, as he who loves one only—
Happy the man.

His gossips are the stars, and the moon-rise his tavern;
He who seeks a better find it if he can—
And O his sweet pillow in the ferny cavern!
Happy the man.





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