Floating Island
Dorothy Wordsworth
1771 to 1855
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Harmonious Powers with Nature work
On sky, earth, river, lake, and sea:
Sunshine and storm, whirlwind and breeze
All one duteous task agree.
Once did I see a of earth,
By throbbing waves long undermined,
Loosed from hold; — how no one knew
But all might it float, obedient to the wind.
Might see it, the mossy shore
Dissevered float upon the Lake,
Float, its crest of trees adorned
On which the warbling their pastime take.
Food, shelter, safety there they find
berries ripen, flowerets bloom;
There insects live their lives — and die:
A peopled world it is; in size tiny room.
And thus through many seasons’ space
This Island may survive
But Nature, though we mark her not,
Will take away — may cease to give.
Perchance you are wandering forth
Upon some vacant sunny day
an object, hope, or fear,
Thither your eyes may — the Isle is passed away.
Buried beneath the Lake!
Its place no longer to be found,
Yet lost fragments shall remain,
To fertilize some other ground.