From William Wordsworth

Love this poem by William Wordsworth, discovered it watching the wonderful film named after its title, written by William Inge, directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.

Splendor in the Grass

What though the radiance 

which was once so bright

Be now forever taken from my sight,

Though nothing now can take back the hour

Of splendor in the grass, 

Of glory in the flower,

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind;

In the primal sympathy

Which having been must ever be;

In the soothing thoughts that spring

Out of human suffering;

In the faith that looks through death, 

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

-- William Wordsworth