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Show so light Fro th earth a i Lo EobsSad hns il d 47 Ehuir b man again. In their eternal calm, he find himself. The health of the eye seems t demand a horizon. We are never tired, s long as we can see far enough But in other hours, Nature satisfies th soul purely by its loveliness, and withou any mixture of corporeal benefit. I hav seen the spectacle of morning from th hill-top over against my house, from daybreak to sun-rise, with emotions which a angel might share. The long slender bar of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimshore, look out into thatsilent sea. I seem to partake its rapid transformations: the activ enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilat and conspire with the morning wind. Ho does Nature deify us with a few chea elements! Give me health and a day, an I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria; the sun-se and moon-rise my Paphos, and unimaginable realm of faerie; broad noo shall b my England of the senses and the understanding; the night shall be my German of mystic philosophy and dreams Not less excellent, except for our less susceptibility in the afternoon, wasthe charm 2 Digital Image© 2005 of Utah. A rights reserved. |