Nature's Music
What appeals to us in being near to nature is nature’s music,
and nature’s music is more perfect than that of art. It gives
us a sense of exaltation to be moving about in the woods, and to
be looking at the green; to be standing near the running water,
which has its rhythm, its tone and its harmony. The swinging of
the branches in the forest, the rising and falling of the waves,
all has its music. And once we contemplate and become one with nature
our hearts open to its music.
We say that we enjoy nature. But what is it in nature that we enjoy?
It is music. Something in us has been touched by the rhythmic movement,
by the perfect harmony which is so seldom found in this artificial
life of ours; it lifts one up and makes one feel that nature is
the real temple, the true religion. One moment standing in the midst
of nature with open heart is a whole lifetime, if one is in tune
with nature.
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