UP with the sun, the breeze arose,
Across the talking corn she goes,
And smooth she rustles far and wide
Through all the voiceful countryside.
Through all the land her tale she tells;
She spins, she tosses, she compels
The kites, the clouds, the windmill sails
And all the trees in all the dales.
God calls us, and the day prepares
With nimble, gay and gracious airs:
And from Penzance to Maidenhead
The roads last night He watered.
God calls us from inglorious ease,
Forth and to travel with the breeze
While, swift and singing, smooth and strong
She gallops by the fields along.
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
More Poetry from Robert Louis Stevenson:
Robert Louis Stevenson Poems based on Topics: Nature, God, Singing- After Reading Antony and Cleopatra (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
- Ad Piscatorem (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
- Behold, As Goblins Dark Of Mien (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
- Epitaphium Erotii (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
- Good-Night (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
- If This Were Faith (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: God Poems, Nature Poems, Singing PoemsBased on Keywords: maidenhead, windmill, compels, inglorious, tosses, rustles, voiceful, gallops