Poem: “Idleness” by Nathaniel Parker Willis

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American Literature – American Poetry – Nathaniel Parker Willis – Poems by Nathaniel Parker Willis
< < < Florence Gray
January 1, 1829 > > >

Idleness

I love to go
Out in the pleasant sun, and let my eye
Rest on the human faces that pass by,
Each with its gay or busy interest:
And then I muse upon their lot, and read
Many a lesson in their changeful cast,
And so grow kind of heart, as if the sight
Of human beings were humanity.
And I am better after it, and go
More gratefully to my rest, and feel a love
Stirring my heart to every living thing,
And my low prayer has more humility,
And I sink lightlier to my dreams—and this,
‘Tis very true, is only idleness!

< < < Florence Gray
January 1, 1829 > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Nathaniel Parker Willis – Poems by Nathaniel Parker Willis

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