The Sky Watcher
July 6, 2023The End of the Furrow
July 6, 2023The Higher Kinship
Life is too grim with anxious, eating care
To cherish what is best. Our souls are scarred
By daily agonies, and our conscience marred
By petty tyrannies that waste and wear.
Why is this human fate so hard to bear?
Could we but live with hill-lakes silver-starred,
Or where the eternal silence leaneth toward
The awful front of nature, waste and bare:
Then might we, brothers to the lofty thought
And inward self-communion of her dream,
Into that closer kin with love be brought,
Where mighty hills and woods and waters, wan,
Moon-paved at midnight or godlike at dawn,
Hold all earth’s aspirations in their gleam.
William Wilfred Campbell
William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918) was a Canadian poet, known for his nature poetry and deep appreciation of the Canadian landscape. He worked as a teacher and journalist, and his poetry was influenced by his rural upbringing and love for the outdoors. Some of his most well-known works include "The Lake", "The Winter Lakes", and "Indian Summer". Campbell was an advocate for Canadian literature and was one of the founding members of the Canadian Authors' Association.