Nature

The Song of the Forest: III

by John Freeman 1880–1929

From Poems New and Old (1920)

Nature

Here in this morning twilight gleaming pure
Mid the high forest boughs and making clear
The motion the night-wakeful brain had guessed;
Here in this peace that wonders, Is it Peace?
And sighs its satisfaction on the shivering air;
Here, O Most Holy, here, O bright Obscure,
Every deep root within the earth's quick breast
Knows that the long night's ended and sore agitations cease,
And every leaf of every human tree
In England's forest stirs and sings, Light Giver, now to Thee.

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Freeman, John. “The Song of the Forest: III.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/freeman/14/.

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Freeman, John. “The Song of the Forest: III.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/freeman/14/.

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