William Wordsworth,
Evening on Calais Beach |
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| It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, |
| The holy time is quiet as a Nun |
| Breathless with adoration; the broad sun |
| Is sinking down in its tranquillity; |
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| The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: |
| Listen! the mighty Being is awake, |
| And doth with his eternal motion make |
| A sound like thunder—everlastingly. |
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| Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here, |
| If thou appear untouch'd by solemn thought, |
| Thy nature is not therefore less divine: |
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| Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year; |
| And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine, |
| God being with thee when we know it not. |
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Author of this English poem is William
Wordsworth (*1770 - †1850). |
