Poem: A Prayer In Spring (By Robert Frost)

In this lovely and soothing poem, Robert Frost issues a gentle reminder to stay in the moment and appreciate all that surrounds us.

Gratitude is good for us, and nature can help to heal us, especially when we are experiencing stress and/or anxiety. Please enjoy this reading of this short, lyrical poem, and may you find comfort in its words and imagery.

Transcript

A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost O give us pleasure in the flowers today, And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest. Keep us here, All simply in the springing of the year. O give us pleasure in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, Like ghosts by night. And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees. And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard, The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill And off a blossom in mid-air stands still. For this is love, And nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends he will, But which it only needs that we fulfill.