BODY, whence come mind and soul? "Ah," said the Body, "from me: I am a tree, and mind and soul are the fruit... Ages of fecund weather and nourishing dark experience, And the strong sun of love and hate, And rain of gray adversity, Have begotten at last, you, loved wonder immortal!" If this be so, my body, I shall despise you no longer: but revere you and watch over you: Flood-gate of the race: and shores of my sea of spirit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR PRAYER OF THANKS by CARL SANDBURG A CRADLE SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ROBIN HOOD, TO A FRIEND by JOHN KEATS WHY THUS LONGING by HARRIET WINSLOW SEWALL SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 7. THEY MEET AGAIN by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS LILIES: 11. 'I NEED THEE' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) COSMIC BLESSINGS by SISTER BENEDICTION |