| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Nature | | By Jones Very (1813–1880) |
| | | THE BUBBLING brook doth leap when I come by, | |
| Because my feet find measure with its call, | |
| The birds know when the friend they love is nigh, | |
| For I am known to them both great and small; | |
| The flowers that on the lovely hill-side grow | 5 |
| Expect me there when Spring their bloom has given; | |
| And many a tree and bush my wanderings know, | |
| And e’en the clouds and silent stars of heaven; | |
| For he who with his Maker walks aright, | |
| Shall be their lord, as Adam was before; | 10 |
| His ear shall catch each sound with new delight, | |
| Each object wear the dress which then it wore; | |
| And he, as when erect in soul he stood, | |
| Hear from his Father’s lips that all is good. | | | | |
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