Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | I. Nature’s Influence | | Nature | | 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 flower that on the lonely hillside grows | 5 |
| Expects me there when spring its bloom has given; | |
| And many a tree and bush my wanderings knows, | |
| 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 that 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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