Nature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Nature” was published in his 1878 collection “Keramos and Other Poems”, appearing in the second part of the book under the heading “A Book of Sonnets”.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 27 February 1807 in Portland, Maine, US, and he died on 24 March 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, at the age of 75.A poet and educator, Longfellow was the first American to completely translate Dante’s Divine Comedy into English. He wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality, often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas.
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As a fond mother, when the day is o’er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know.