The Gardener 74: in the World's Audience Hall
The Gardener 74: in the World's Audience Hall - meaning Summary
Equality Before Nature
The poem contrasts worldly wealth with the equal standing of simple things and humble songs within the vast, impartial stage of nature. The speaker observes that a blade of grass, a sunbeam and midnight stars share the world’s attention with his songs, while a rich person’s wealth is excluded from the “all-embracing sky.” Natural blessing and immortality belong to simple, living things; material riches fade and crumble at death.
Read Complete AnalysesIn the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeam and the stars of midnight. Thus my songs share their seats in the heart of the world with the music of the clouds and forests. But, you man of riches, your wealth has no part in the simple grandeur of the sun's glad gold and the mellow gleam of the musing moon. The blessing of all-embracing sky is not shed upon it. And when death appears, it pales and withers and crumbles into dust.
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