AS I was straying by the forest brook I heard my heart speak to me: Listen; said my heart, I have three thoughts for you . . . a thought of clouds, A thought of birds, A thought of flowers. I sat upon a cushion of moss, Listening, Where the light played, and the green shadows: What would you do . . . I asked my heart . . . If you were a floating ship of the sky . . . If you were a peering bird . . . If you were a wild geranium? And my heart made answer: That is what I wonder and wonder! After all it is life I love, After all l am a living thing, After all I am the heart of you . . . I am content! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: 66 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 78 by ALFRED TENNYSON LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER MY FORMER LIFE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE PSALM 117 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE WINE OF CYPRUS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ON THE SIGHT OF A GENTLEWOMAN'S FACE IN THE WATER by THOMAS CAREW |