I’m on vacation this week, and this is the piece I’ve been meditating on as we hike and swim and rest our busy minds at the end of this, the darkest month of the year.
There is Pleasure in the Pathless Woods
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more,
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel
What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal.
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Oooooo! Excellent poem!! I foresee myself writing an analysis of this poem in the very near future ;-) Enjoy your vacation and your spiritual communion with Nature.
Ahhh, so this is a small section of Childe Harold. I guess I will hold off a bit until I have time to do the whole poem (a somewhat more ambitious undertaking). I read the full poem in college, but it was a long time ago. Thanks for reminding me of it. Cheers!!
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Well, this reminds me of Dark Buddha Rising, great band from Finland. I believe that Byron was listed as one of their influences. He truly was a magnificent poet.
i so love this and can relate to it :)