  The clouds, that tower in storm, that beat Arterial thunder in their veins; The wildflowers lifting, shyly sweet, Their perfect faces from the plains,— All high, all lowly things of Earth For no vague end have had their birth. Low strips of mist, that mesh the moon Above the foaming waterfall; And mountains that God's hand hath hewn, And forests where the great winds call,— Within the grasp of such as see Are parts of a conspiracy; To seize the soul with beauty; hold The heart with love, and so fulfill Within ourselves the Age of Gold, That never died, and never will,— So long as one true nature feels The wonders that the world reveals. |
|
