Nature
Alternation
From Poems — Volume 3
Nature
BETWEEN the fountain and the rill
I passed, and saw the mighty will
To leap at sky; the careless run,
As earth would lead her little son.
Beneath them throbs an urgent well,
That here is play, and there is war.
I know not which had most to tell
Of whence we spring and what we are.
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MLA
Meredith, George. “Alternation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/234/.
Chicago
Meredith, George. “Alternation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/234/.
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