Music By Bessie Rayner Parkes


Bessie Rayner Parkes lived from 1829-1925. She
was an English feminist who became an editor of
the Britain's first feminist magazine. This poem
showcases how nature creates a concert for
anyone who stops to listen.




"Sweet melody amidst the moving spheres
Breaks forth, a solemn and entrancing sound,
A harmony whereof the earth's green hills
Give but the faintest echo; yet is there
A music everywhere, and concert sweet!
All birds which sing amidst the forest deep
Till the flowers listen with unfolded bells;
All winds that murmur over summer grass,
Or curl the waves upon the pebbly shore;
Chiefly all earnest human voices rais'd
In charity and for the cause of truth,
Mingle together in one sacred chord,
And float, a grateful incense, up to God.

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