Nature

In the Wildwood

by Madison Cawein 1865–1914

From The Poems of Madison Cawein (1907)

Nature

I lie where silence sleeps,
And twilight dreams and sighs;
Where all heaven’s azure peeps
Blue from one wildflower’s eyes;
Where, in reflecting deeps,
A world, inverted, lies,
Of dimmer woods and skies:

Divining God from things
Humble as weed and bee;
From songs the wild bird sings
Guessing at poetry;
And from each flower that swings,
Each star-familiar tree,
Learning philosophy.

MLA

Cawein, Madison. “In the Wildwood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/295/.

Chicago

Cawein, Madison. “In the Wildwood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/295/.

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