Daily Poem: From “The Heavens” ~ Caterina Bon Brenzoni
From “The Heavens”
~ Caterina Bon Brenzoni
[…] The heart has powerful wings;—take me by the hand:
Following the flight of high intelligence will come
This desire for knowledge that burns within me,
This love of truth that overpowers me so.
Speak to me your language! Oh, the raptures
Of a thought that turns towards the infinite,
Oh, the ecstasy of a heart immersed in it
Is a heavenly sight, and you shall witness it!
You shall witness my joyful soul reflect
That intimate delight that irradiates
The intellect at each new knowledge
And is but a small presage in this world of that
Which rains forever on the bosom of the Immortals
The brilliance of Uncreated Light.
Behold, to me you disclose the workings
Of immutable laws; behold, I comprehend
The harmony of portents where at other times
I urged my thought in vain. I see mysterious
Forces penetrate every atom and give life
To all existence. The same power
That draws to earth the drop of rain
Also draws Niagara’s flood; it raises
The sea’s spray to meet the lunar disc;
It binds the planets to the Sun, and to other Suns
Ours that shines on us; and a masterly skill
Admirable in quantity and scope
Regulates and holds in check all the
Gravitating masses worked on by that power.
