Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLOATING ISLAND [AT HAWKSHEAD, AN INCIDENT ...], by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH Poet's Biography First Line: Harmonious powers with nature work Last Line: To fertilize some other ground. | ||||||||
HARMONIOUS Powers with Nature work On sky, earth, river, lake and sea; Sunshine and cloud, whirlwind and breeze, All in one duteous task agree. Once did I see a slip of earth (By throbbing waves long undermined) Loosed from its hold; how, no one knew, But all might see it float, obedient to the wind; Might see it, from the mossy shore Dissevered, float upon the Lake, Float with its crest of trees adorned On which the warbling birds their pastime take. Food, shelter, safety, there they find; There berries ripen, flowerets bloom; There insects live their lives, and die; A peopled world it is; in size a tiny room. And thus through many seasons' space This little Island may survive; But Nature, though we mark her not, Will take away, may cease to give. Perchance when you are wandering forth Upon some vacant sunny day, Without an object, hope, or fear, Thither your eyes may turn -- the Isle is passed away; Buried beneath the glittering Lake, Its place no longer to be found; Yet the lost fragments shall remain To fertilize some other ground. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH LOVING AND LIKING by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH THE MOTHER'S RETURN by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH BLACK EAGLE RETURNS TO ST. JOE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE LITTLE VAGABOND, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON STEVENSON'S BIRTHDAY by KATHERINE WISE MILLER TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON by WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON by ALFRED TENNYSON TO FURIUS ON POVERTY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 32. 'LO! ONE CALLS' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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