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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO SOLITUDE IN NATURE, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography
First Line: Nature has no solitude
Last Line: It moves us thee to love.
Subject(s): Love; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Nature has no solitude
Last Line: It moves us thee to love.
Subject(s): Love; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
Nature has no solitude
For those who list to her,
Her voice is daily heard to speak
To them distinct and clear.
Think'st thou the broad expanse
Of lake, of ocean grand,
The flow of brooks and rivers,
And stretch of level land,
The grandeur of the mountains,
The flowers, the grass, the trees,
The rocks, the birds, the insects, --
Think'st thou not that these,
These things and others, too, which make
Up Nature, truly they
Speak to the inward man -- the soul --
In accents clear each day.
For are they not the oracles
Of their Creator; say,
Does he not plainly speak through them?
Yes, this is God's own way!
For oh, how many souls have first
Known His rare love divine;
Been lifted far 'bove sin's deep pit,
Prostrate at Nature's shrine.
Ah, yes, dear Father! yes, how oft
Thy love our spirits move,
So manifested in our works
It moves us Thee to love.
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