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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLOATING ISLAND [AT HAWKSHEAD, AN INCIDENT ...], by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH Poet's Biography First Line: Harmonious powers with nature work Last Line: To fertilize some other ground. | |||
HARMONIOUS Powers with Nature work On sky, earth, river, lake and sea; Sunshine and cloud, whirlwind and breeze, All in one duteous task agree. Once did I see a slip of earth (By throbbing waves long undermined) Loosed from its hold; how, no one knew, But all might see it float, obedient to the wind; Might see it, from the mossy shore Dissevered, float upon the Lake, Float with its crest of trees adorned On which the warbling birds their pastime take. Food, shelter, safety, there they find; There berries ripen, flowerets bloom; There insects live their lives, and die; A peopled world it is; in size a tiny room. And thus through many seasons' space This little Island may survive; But Nature, though we mark her not, Will take away, may cease to give. Perchance when you are wandering forth Upon some vacant sunny day, Without an object, hope, or fear, Thither your eyes may turn -- the Isle is passed away; Buried beneath the glittering Lake, Its place no longer to be found; Yet the lost fragments shall remain To fertilize some other ground. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH LOVING AND LIKING by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH THE MOTHER'S RETURN by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE SCHRECKHORN by THOMAS HARDY SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ANNE RUTLEDGE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS STARTING FROM PAUMANOK by WALT WHITMAN A SONNET. LOVE'S CONTRARIETY by PHILIP AYRES YESTERDAY by RUTH LASHORNE BUNDY |
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