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...AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT by ROBERT FROST BIRCH STREAM by ANNA BOYNTON AVERILL OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES by FRANCIS BRET HARTE FRATER AVE ATQUE VALE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA by ALFRED TENNYSON |