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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
I come into the peace of wild things. who do not tax their lives with forethought. of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars. waiting with their light. For a time. I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry (Counterpoint, 1999),
Dec 8, 2016 · The Peace of Wild Things. Written and read by Wendell Berry. Listen. When despair for the world grows in me. and I wake in the night at the least sound. in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake.
The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry. I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
‘The Peace of Wild Things’ by Wendell Berry is a beautiful and thoughtful poem about escaping into the woods. The speaker starts off the poem by stating, quite clearly, that the world is filled with sorrow, and they sometimes get caught up in despair worrying about it.
"The Peace of Wild Things" is one of American poet Wendell Berry's most enduring and widely-loved poems. First published in 1968, the poem illustrates the soothing, restorative power of nature. When feeling anxiety about the future, the speaker goes outside and lies down in the grass, near birds and tranquil waters.
The Peace of Wild Things Lyrics. When despair for the world grows in me. and I wake in the night at the least sound. in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie...
