All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.
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Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back.
Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.
Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.
There is no forgiveness in nature.
There is no forgiveness in nature.
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
Not without art, but yet to Nature true.
Not without art, but yet to Nature true.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
The course of Nature seems a course of Death,
And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
The course of Nature seems a course of Death,
And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
