Never Shaken

Lone Lighthouse, a photo by JoseAngelGarciaLanda on Flickr.


... let the moon
Shine on thee in thy solitary walk,
And let the misty mountain-winds be free
To blow against thee; and, in after years,
When these wild ecstasies shall be matured
Into a sober pleasure; when thy mind
Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms,
Thy memory be as a dwelling-place
For all sweet sounds and harmonies; oh! then,
If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,
Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts
Of tender joy wilt thou remember me,
And these my exhortations!

                        (Wordsworth, "Tintern Abbey")