Recorded by the shore of Utah Lake on a windy but pleasant day, though not as pleasant as what Wordsworth described what with his green bower and all. My favorite part of this recording is the sounds of the killdeer, which I wish were louder, but of course every time I got close they decided to fly away.
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"Lines Written in Early Spring" by William Wordsworth
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:--
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
Episode 308: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "My Cathedral"
Episode 307: Amy Lowell's "Fenway Park: Study in Orange and Silver"
Episode 306: Margaret Atwood's "You Begin"
Episode 305: Shakespeare's Sonnet 126
Episode 304: Emily Dickinson's "Tell all the truth but tell it slant"
Episode 303: Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Spring"
Episode 302: Mary Oliver's "Why I Wake Early"
Episode 301: Donald Justice's "Men at Forty"
Episode 300: Billy Collins' "The Effort"
Episode 205: Shakespeare's sonnet 20
Episode 204: Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Cliff Klingenhagen"
Episode 203: Shakespeare's sonnet 18
Episode 202: George Herbert's "Easter Wings"
Episode 201: Shakespeare's sonnet 3
Episode 200: "How Frugal is the Chariot"
Episode 142: "Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me"
Episode 141: "yes I said yes I will yes"
Episode 140: "I Should Know What God and Man Is"
Episode 139: Edgar Lee Master's "Lucinda Matlock"
Episode 138: Walt Whitman's "I Hear It Was Charged Against Me"
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