English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 4. Song (Not from the whole wide world I chose thee). Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.

Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер)

The New Day. Part 4. 4. Song (Not from the whole wide world I chose thee)

Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thou art the whole wide world to me. 

Richard Watson Gilder’s other poems:

1. The New Day. Part 3. 30. The Sower
2. The New Day. Part 4. 11. “O Mighty River, Triumphing to the Sea”
3. The New Day. Part 4. 12. “My Songs Are All of Thee, What Tho’ I Sing”
4. The New Day. Part 3. 4. “What Would I Win Thee To?”
5. The New Day. Part 3. 15. Listening to Music

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