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SONGS OF THE SOUL
ONE THAT’S EVERYWHERE
The tree sighs,
The wind plays,
The sun smiles,
The river moves;
Feigning dread the sky is blushing red
At the creeping sun’s gentle tread.
The earth changes robes
Of black and star-lit night
For dazzling silver light.
Dame Nature loves herself t’ array
In changing seasons’ colors gay;
The murmuring brook e’er tries to tell
In lisping sounds so well
Of the hidden thought
By inner spirit brought.
The birds aspire to sing
Of things unknown that swell within.
But man first speaks in language true
Both loud and clear, with meaning new,
Of what all else before
Had failed to full declare:—
Of One That’s everywhere.
The wind plays,
The sun smiles,
The river moves;
Feigning dread the sky is blushing red
At the creeping sun’s gentle tread.
The earth changes robes
Of black and star-lit night
For dazzling silver light.
Dame Nature loves herself t’ array
In changing seasons’ colors gay;
The murmuring brook e’er tries to tell
In lisping sounds so well
Of the hidden thought
By inner spirit brought.
The birds aspire to sing
Of things unknown that swell within.
But man first speaks in language true
Both loud and clear, with meaning new,
Of what all else before
Had failed to full declare:—
Of One That’s everywhere.
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