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All things are beautiful
Because of something lovelier than themselves,
Which breathes within them, and will never die.
Poems (1869)
These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths,
With dear companions now passed out of sight,
Shall not be laid upon their graves.
Poems (1869)
Earth is suffused, inhabited by heaven.
Poems (1869)
Oh, her heart’s adrift with one
On an endless voyage gone!
Night and morning
Hannah’s at the window binding shoes.
Poems (1869)
I do not own an inch of land,
But all I see is mine, —
The orchard and the mowing fields,
The lawns and gardens fine.
Poems (1869)
Thy universe, O God, is home,
In height or depth, to me;
Yet here upon thy footstool green
Content am I to be;
Glad when is oped unto my need
Some sea-like glimpse of Thee.
Poems (1869)
Sometimes they seem like living shapes, —
The people of the sky, —
Guests in white raiment coming down
From heaven, which is close by;
I call them by familiar names,
As one by one draws nigh.
Poems (1869)
A part is greater than the whole;
By hints are mysteries told.
The fringes of eternity, —
God's sweeping garment-fold,
In that bright shred of glittering sea,
I reach out for and hold.
Poems (1869)