The Peace of Wild Things

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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.

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

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Citation

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