English poem
It Is A Beauteous Evening, Calm And Free
Composed August, 1802.--Published 1807
[This was composed on the beach near Calais, in the autumn of 1802.--I. F.]
One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets." In 1807 it was No. 19 of that series.--Ed.
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder--everlastingly. Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here, [A] If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year; And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine, God being with thee when we know it not. [B]
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