I is for It Is a Beauteous Evening

What is more peaceful than a striking evening sunset scene with time to observe and ponder?

William Wordsmith (1770-1850) was a British Romantic poet. His most momentous work was likely The Prelude, published posthumously and perhaps dedicated to fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Among my favorite Wordsmith works, however, has always been this treasured one. Maybe it’s the last line. Or perhaps it’s simply that I’ve strolled through scenes such as Wordsmith described in these verses.

It Is a Beauteous Evening, by William Wordsmith

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 tranquility;

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,

If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,

Thy nature is not therefore less divine:

Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year,

And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine,

God being with thee when we know it not.

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