Splendor in the Grass

[Ria_Longhorn]

Though we can never bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of beauty in the field, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what we left behind

 

[Moonglow]

I prefer mushroom hunting.

 

[BackAgain]

I prefer mushroom hunting.

It’s always amusing when they manage to run away from you.

 

[Moonglow]

It’s always amusing when they manage to run away from you.

Finnish fairy tales are so wac when using sampos.

 

[Innocynioc]

I prefer deer hunting. "Tis a noble pursuit and savory eating.

 

[lg325]

Though we can never bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of beauty in the field, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what we left behind

In the poem’s first lines, the poet begins by describing the “radiance” that he, and all human beings, lose as they age. It is a radiance that is incredibly temporary, like the splendor of grass and the glory of a flower. Once it’s gone, it can never return. In the next lines, he provides readers with reasons to maintain their strength despite suffering and because of it. He reminds readers of the development of a “philosophic mind” that is only possible to attain as one ages and the importance of maintaining one’s faith in the face of death.

 

[lg325]

Splendour in the Grass
William Wordsworth


What though the radiance which was once so brightBe now forever taken from my sight,Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower?I We will grieve not, rather findStrength in what remains behindIn the primal sympathyWhich, having been, must ever be.In the soothing thoughts that springOut of human suffering,In the faith that looks through death,In years that bring the philosophic mind.


(It is an excerpt from the full poem but stands well on its own.)