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ishaq
Feb 20, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

In All Gratefulness to Nature

In All Gratefulness to Nature An artist in the lost ParadiseIn all gratefulness to nature:O dear! The speaking-trees of AlmightyDon’t thou symbolize my identitySpirit mine soaring into a realm high                                                                                                  On seeing thou nail a lie                                 Amidst plunder and degradationBelief mine not a mystery in integrity thineFor thou are true believers in life fineHave given us more than what was worthyAlbeit our coffers have remained emptyHow rewarding your looksFor a villager or a town-dwellerPalatial houses or mud dwellingsAll bear witness to your bountyHow much elevated in your companyFor God speaks to me through your buoyancySmall as I feel for I have nothing to giveSave that I recognize thy radiancyAnd giving meaning to my existenceReflected in human adornments On the carvings sacred in abundance.
— ishaq, Feb 20, 2009

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yenti

17 years 3 months ago

Nature

in the old English nearly, just a few words that rubbed a little, "Don’t thou symbolize my identity" Don't, doesn't seem to belong here should it not be "Doth" thou symbolise, there is an unusual mix of old and new English, this happens quite a lot from the old countries that were taught their English in several ways. Still as the old bards English a lot of people find it hard to understand or are laxy in the old ways, me included.The flow was quite good, so we look forward to more from you in a gentler tone, Yours Ian.T