Give to me the gospel of the fields and woods, 

 The sermons written in the book of books ; 

 The sweet communion of the things of earth 

 Fresh with the warm baptism of the sun ; 

 Give me the offertory of bud and bloom, 

 The perfect caroling of happy birds ; 

 Give me the creed of one of God s fair days 

 Wrought in the beauty of its loveliness ; 

 And then the benediction of the stars, 

 His eloquent ministers of the night. 



Ravenscroft. 



