Nature and God I Neither Knew
poem 835
Nature and God I Neither Knew - meaning Summary
Identity Observed by Forces
The speaker reflects on being intimately known by both Nature and God while remaining ignorant of them. They describe these powers as almost officious in recognizing the speaker’s identity, yet failing to reveal that the speaker could, in turn, know a private inner truth. The closing astronomical references (Herschel, Mercury) compress personal secrecy into a cosmic register, implying a private self-knowledge as guarded and exact as scientific observation.
Read Complete AnalysesNature and God I neither knew Yet Both so well knew me They startled, like Executors Of My identity. Yet Neither told that I could learn My Secret as secure As Herschel’s private interest Or Mercury’s affair
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