Serenity by Edward Rowland Sill

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend February 1, 2015   Serenity   Edward Rowland Sill

Brook, Be still,—be still! Midnight’s arch is broken In thy ceaseless ripples. Dark and cold below them Runs the troubled water,— Only on its bosom, Shimmering and trembling, Doth the glinted star-shine                        Sparkle and cease.                          Life, Be still,—be still! Boundless truth is shattered On thy hurrying current. Rest, with face uplifted, Calm, serenely quiet; Drink the deathless beauty— Thrills of love and wonder Sinking, shining, star-like; Till the mirrored heaven Hollow down within thee Holy deeps unfathomed, Where far thoughts go floating, And low voices wander                 Whispering peace.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Serenity” was published in Sill’s book The Hermitage and other poems (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1868).   Edward Rowland Sill was born in 1841, in Windsor, Connecticut. He wrote The Hermitage and other poems (1868) and The Venus of Milo and other poems (1883). Sill died in 1887. Poetry by Sill   The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill (Hardpress Publishing, 2013) "The Gladness of Nature" by William Cullen Bryant "My Brook" by Helen Hay Whitney "There may be chaos still around the world" by George Santayana Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038