The years passed by, and my pure love For Nature did no longer grow: 'I'll get that love back soon,' thought I -- 'By living with more men than now.' But I made enemies; so I Return to Nature, where my pain Shall be forgotten, and my love For humankind come back again. When through the woods and fields I go, No thought is mine of human care; Under a rainbow's jewelled arch, No foe can find a lodgment there; And when our fearless nightingales Sing in a summer's thunderstorm, Like choir boys when an organ's played -- Where are such tongues as whisper harm? So, with this changed and sweeter mind, Nature for me has saved mankind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: 13. TO MR. H. LAWES, ON HIS AIRS by JOHN MILTON STEEL MILL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S BURIAL HYMN by WALT WHITMAN MISTRESS FATE by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE HUNTER'S MOON by MATHILDE BLIND CLEVEDON VERSES: 4. CUI BONO? by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |