Category Archives: Nature Poems

Leisure

Posted on 5 December 2008 by admin

WHAT is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs, And stare as long as sheep and cows: No time to see, when woods we pass, Where … Continue reading →

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Loveliest Of Trees The Cherry Now

Posted on 6 November 2009 by admin

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs … Continue reading →

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Sea-Fever

Posted on 25 April 2008 by admin

Sea-Fever I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the … Continue reading →

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Spell of Creation

Posted on 23 May 2008 by admin

Within the flower there lies a seed, Within the seed there springs a tree, Within the tree there spreads a wood. In the wood there burns a fire, And in the fire there melts a stone, Within the stone a … Continue reading →

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Visit The Garden

Posted on 14 April 2008 by admin

There is no reason I can see Why anyone should visit me. My house is very badly run – I sit too often in the sun. My garden’s full of wicked weeds, And seldom gets the care it needs! But … Continue reading →

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