April is National Poetry Month
Willits Library
National Poetry Month Poem of the Day – April 6, 2013
William Wordsworth
(b. April 7, 1770)
LINES WRITTEN IN
EARLY SPRING
I heard a thousand
blended notes,
While in a grove I
sate reclined,
In that sweet mood
when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts
to the mind.
To her fair works
did Nature link
The human soul that
through me ran;
And much it grieved
my heart to think
What man has made of
man.
Through primrose
tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle
trailed its wreaths;
And ‘tis my faith
that every flower
Enjoys the air it
breathes.
The birds around me
hopped and played,
Their thoughts I
cannot measure: -
But the least motion
which they made,
It seemed a thrill
of pleasure.
The budding twigs
spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy
air;
And I must think, do
all I can,
That there was
pleasure there.
If this belief from
heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s
holy plan,
Have I not reason to
lament
What man has made of
man?
Labels: April 2013, Lines Written in Early Spring, Mendocino County Library, William Wordsworth
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