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Be Watchful.
Nothing in this world is dumb,
Or silent, if we do but come
The very inmost truth anear,
And listen with awaken'd ear.
Or silent, if we do but come
The very inmost truth anear,
And listen with awaken'd ear.
Nothing is inconsequent,
If the eye is really bent,
The deeper mysteries to read,
Of Nature's universal creed.
If the eye is really bent,
The deeper mysteries to read,
Of Nature's universal creed.
Wisdom may we often learn
From smallest things—a waving fern,
Growing in a shady place
May be a minister of grace!
From smallest things—a waving fern,
Growing in a shady place
May be a minister of grace!
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Litanies the Harebells be!
Windflowers blooming wild and free,
May a serious lesson teach;
Sermons may the Daisies preach
Windflowers blooming wild and free,
May a serious lesson teach;
Sermons may the Daisies preach
Under cloistered arches green,
With the wind to chant between;
And the Violet low and dim,
Have the sweetness of a hymn.
With the wind to chant between;
And the Violet low and dim,
Have the sweetness of a hymn.
There is not a place so bare,
But some beauty lingers there;
Not a spot so low and cold,
But has its dwellers manifold.
But some beauty lingers there;
Not a spot so low and cold,
But has its dwellers manifold.
Everywhere the heart awake,
Finds the pleasure it can make,
Everywhere the light and shade
By the gazer's eye is made.
Finds the pleasure it can make,
Everywhere the light and shade
By the gazer's eye is made.
In ourselves, the sunshine dwells,
From ourselves the music swells,
By ourselves, our life is fed,
With sweet or bitter daily bread!
From ourselves the music swells,
By ourselves, our life is fed,
With sweet or bitter daily bread!
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