Winter Uplands
July 5, 2023In March
July 5, 2023Voices of Earth
We have not heard the music of the spheres,
The song of star to star, but there are sounds
More deep than human joy and human tears,
That Nature uses in her common rounds;
The fall of streams, the cry of winds that strain
The oak, the roaring of the sea’s surge, might
Of thunder breaking afar off, or rain
That falls by minutes in the summer night.
These are the voices of earth’s secret soul,
Uttering the mystery from which she came.
To him who hears them grief beyond control,
Or joy inscrutable without a name,
Wakes in his heart thoughts bedded there, impearled,
Before the birth and making of the world.
Archibald Lampman
Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) was a Canadian poet and journalist who was part of the Confederation Poets, a group of poets who wrote in the late 19th century. He is best known for his poems that celebrate the beauty of the Canadian landscape. Some of his notable works include "Among the Millet" (1888) and "The Story of an Affinity" (1896).