"Heaven must be glorious; for the earth is so!
And only by the forms we see and know;
Judge we the unseen-unknown. To me
Earth is Heaven's miniature; and I will pray
That light may dawn on him who cannot say
Such manly words; O lovely earth of thee.
Creating from themselves; all beauties are
Creators of the beautiful. That eye
O burning glory; which we call a star;
Is imaged downward from its home; the sky;
And is it nothing more than outward show;
When beauty from above is shown below?
I tell the man who faints when he should strive;
That strength of will is triumph for the mind;
In strength of will the bee within his hive
Is blest himself in working for mankind.
Though you be poor; and feeble; and unknown;
Yet your reflected mind shall shine afar;
And other souls shall multiply your own;
As waters multiply a single star."
Edwin H. Burrington 'The World'
- Subject Matter: Landscape
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