Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE'S BEAUTY ALL AROUND US, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: All around us there is beauty Last Line: And our work less irksome be. Subject(s): Beauty; Birds; Nature | ||||||||
All around us there is beauty On the leaves of Nature's book, And while in the path of duty Ought we not at them to look? Oh, why should we within a field Of fresh blooming roses rare See but the thorns that're half-concealed Underneath the blossoms fair? Or why should we the lilies tread With our clumsy, careless feet? "Consider them," Our Savior said, "In their loveliness complete." While daily through the world we move With duty's path around us, Let's train our eyes to see and love The beauties that surround us. Let us sometimes watch the sun rise As the moments hasten by, Glowing with rich resplendent dyes In the far off eastern sky. And at morning let us listen While the birds their carols sing, While the silvery dew-drops glisten And the cow-bells faintly ring. When beneath the elm we rest While blows the evening wind As the Day-god in the west Sinks the mountain's crest behind. When the stars are faintly peeping From the heavens one by one, When shadows are dimly creeping, When the busy day is done. Then as we meditate and dream With Nature wonderingly, Perhaps our cares will lighter seem, And our work less irksome be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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