When I want to see beauty I need not travel far <br />Not even for a short drive in a car <br />Outside my window on flowering callistemon tree <br />A natural thing of beauty there to see. <br /> <br />The new holland honeyeater in his dark and gold <br />A bird of beauty lovely to behold <br />He chirrups loud amongst the leafy bowers <br />And take his fill of nectar from the flowers. <br /> <br />When I want beauty all I have to do <br />Is walk near my home down shady avenue <br />Where white backed magpie on the tall gum sing <br />In Nature beauty is a natural thing. <br /> <br />For beauty money I don't have to pay <br />Or purchase flight ticket to far away <br />At night I see it in the starry sky <br />A thing of beauty is a thing of joy. <br /> <br />And the finest of beauty you don't pay to see <br />Like a red rosella on a sunlit tree <br />In Nature's garden living wild and free <br />And you won't see any prettier than he.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-want-to-see-beauty/
