The wonderful air is over me

Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World
With the wonderful water round you curled
nd the wonderful grass upon your breast
World, you are beautifully drest
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The wonderful air is over me
nd the wonderful wind is shaking the tree
It walks on the water, nd whirls the mills
nd talks to itself on the tops of the hills
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You friendly Earth! How far do you go,
With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
With cities nd gardens, nd cliffs nd isles
nd people upon you for thousands of miles?
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Ah, you are so great, and I am so small
I tremble to think of you, World, at all
And yet, when I said my prayers to-day
A whisper inside me seemed to say
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You are more than d Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth can not
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W.B. Rands 


The word POETRY originates from a Greek word meaning TO MAKE. A poet is thus a maker nd the poem something that is made or created. No single definition of poetry is possible but some characteristic features of poetry may be mentioned. Poetry has a musical quality with rhythm, pitch, metre nd it may use figures of speech such as simile nd metaphor. While quite a few poems in this selection are in traditional forms, the unit also includes modern poems that are free from formal restrictions.
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Here is a list of English Poems written by various authors. Whatever the question is, poetry may be the answer. Writers say poetry provides them with comfort, a way to express themselves nd the discipline of finding the essence with few words. Writing the poem (and finding just the right word) is the measure of success that the authors use. Really good poetry is instinctive. It’s who you are. It’s from the heart. You need to expose yourself to all kinds of poets nd you may find your motivation and muse that way. Poetry gets to the core meaning. Poetry expands ideas.