Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NATURE: THE ARTIST, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES


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NATURE: THE ARTIST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Such hints as untaught nature yields!
Last Line: The careless carpentry of snow!
Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L.
Subject(s): Nature


SUCH hints as untaught Nature yields! --
The calm disorder of the sea,
The straggling splendor of the fields,
The wind's gay incivility.

O workman with your conscious plan,
Compass and square are little worth;
Copy (nay, only poets can)
The artless masonry of earth.

Go watch the windy spring's carouse,
And mark the winter wonders grow, --
The graceful gracelessness of boughs,
The careless carpentry of snow!





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