Today the Great Blue Heron stood Master of stealth by the near wood On a grey day in misty light Appearing in silence; his plumaged sight
Aroused the heart to sudden bliss And all of Nature seemed a kiss Upon the sombre soul of man To wake to the wisdom of a plan
Exceeding thought, exceeding mind, To beauty breaking on the blind And narrow view we hold within, To mystic vision and life begin
Anew and soul a deeper view Afford and greatness touch the few Who dare to exit ego's home On this green patch of rock and loam,
Awakened from the dull finite In every presence catch delight, In every atom feel the power And God in an eternal hour.
Poems Undated (1727)
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