"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

17 September 2016

Music.


THE MORNING WIND

There's more than music in this early wind,
   Awaking like a bird refreshed from sleep;
And joy that Adam might in Eden find,
   When he with angels did communion keep.
It breathes all balm and incense from the sky,
   Blessing the husbandman with freshening powers;
Joy’s manna from its wings doth fall and lie,
   Harvests for early wakers with the flowers.
The very grass in Joy’s devotion moves;
   Cowslips, in adoration and delight,
This way and that bow to the breath they love
   Of the young Winds, that with their dew-pearls play,
Till smoking chimneys sicken the young light,
               And Feeling’s fairy visions fade away.

John Clare

No comments: