O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all,
But never knew I this;
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart,—Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,—let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
i love this poem i could feel what you were saying about the world and i love the way you but all the personification and ryming in it…GREAT JOB!!
gaunt means lean, haggard OR grim or desolate
and crag means steep or rugged rock
i have a question that involves the poem God’s World. why is the 4 lines indented compared to the rest of the poem? What does gaunt crag mean?