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.

Wendell Berry

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Topic

Man and nature Spending time in nature Nature

Author

Wendell Berry

Source

The Peace of Wild Things

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. "The Peace of Wild Things." Openings. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.

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Come Senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
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Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

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The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.

Henry Beston

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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Beston, Henry. The Outermost House. Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928, ch. 1.

Current Citation

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