Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO NATURE, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE


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First Line: It may indeed be phantasy, when I
Last Line: Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


IT may indeed be phantasy, when I
Essay to draw from all created things
Deep, heartfelt, inward joy that closely clings;
And trace in leaves and flowers that round me lie
Lessons of love and earnest piety.
So let it be; and if the wide world rings
In mock of this belief, it brings
Nor fear, nor grief, nor vain perplexity.
So will I build my altar in the fields,
And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,
And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields
Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee,
Thee only God! and thou shalt not despise
Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice.





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