A WHIFF of forest scent, <br />Balsam and fern, <br />Won from dreary mood <br />My heart's return, <br />From its discontent, <br />Joy's run-away, <br />To the sweet, wise wood <br />And the laughing day. <br />Simple as dew and gleam <br />Is the creed of the wood! <br />The Beautiful gave us life, <br />And life is good. <br />Be the world but a dream, <br />Let the world go shod <br />With peace, not strife, <br />For the Dreamer is God.<br /><br />Katharine Lee Bates<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-creed-of-the-wood/
