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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO NATURE, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography
First Line: Once more I rise to offer with pure joy
Last Line: On all the stars that shine and winds that blow.
Subject(s): Happiness; Nature; Sea; Wind; Joy; Delight; Ocean
First Line: Once more I rise to offer with pure joy
Last Line: On all the stars that shine and winds that blow.
Subject(s): Happiness; Nature; Sea; Wind; Joy; Delight; Ocean
Once more I rise to offer with pure joy
My morning song of thankful praise to thee,
Thou only God and sole Divinity.
O Nature, thou that needest to employ
No priest save the importunate wind, no shrine
Except the mountain-tops, no sanctuary
Save the wide air floored with the moving sea,
Accept this offering and give no sign.
Our Beatific vision is to feel
Thro' every limb, thro' every mortal sense,
With every power of the mind to know,
The Unity Divine that sets its seal
On every grass-blade's insignificance,
On all the stars that shine and winds that blow.
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