“Nature” is what we see –
The Hill – the Afternoon –
Squirrel – Eclipse – the Bumble bee –
Nay – Nature is Heaven –
Nature is what we hear –
The Bobolink – the Sea –
Thunder – the Cricket –
Nay – Nature is Harmony –
Nature is what we know –
Yet have no art to say –
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems; Little Brown and Company, New York; ISBN 0316184144 (hc)
Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems; Faber and Faber, London; ISBN 0571108644 (pb)