Project Gutenberg 2011-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 114 Richards, Waldo, Mrs. 1927 Richards, Gertrude Moore Richards, Mrs. Waldo 18007619 The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets Produced by Charlene Taylor, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Melody of Earth" by Mrs. Waldo Richards is an anthology of garden and nature poems selected and arranged in the early 20th century. This collection showcases the works of contemporary poets, celebrating the beauty and inspiration found in nature, particularly gardens. Thematically, it emphasizes the connections between humans and the natural world, providing readers with a melodic appreciation of nature’s rhythms through poetry. At the start of the anthology, the foreword articulates a profound reverence for the subtle melodies of the earth, inviting readers to listen closely to the voices of nature expressed through poetry. Mrs. Richards explores the notion that poets act as "seed-sowers," capturing the essence of nature's beauty and life's cyclical patterns within their works. The opening poems feature a variety of voices, reflecting on themes of growth, renewal, and the intimate interactions between humans and the garden, perfectly setting the tone for the emotional and captivating verses that follow throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38438/38438-h/images/titledec.png en English poetry Nature in literature Gardens -- Poetry PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Poetry 603990 604000 2024-09-16T08:24:07.284159 2023-09-17T03:40:42.402167 text/html text/html 594801 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 164172 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194387 2024-09-16T08:24:46.336196 application/epub+zip 197570 2024-09-16T08:24:21.090845 application/epub+zip 197570 2024-09-16T08:24:14.085886 application/epub+zip 454301 2024-09-16T08:24:54.834154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351681 2024-09-16T08:24:33.842277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350666 2022-09-17T14:05:01.787429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335242 335011 2024-09-16T08:24:02.989925 2023-09-17T03:40:38.332144 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 335120 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 122538 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335117 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 122455 2021-01-08T09:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20763 2024-09-16T08:24:55.034150 application/rdf+xml 14659 2024-09-16T08:24:14.328871 image/jpeg 2055 2024-09-16T08:24:14.209894 image/jpeg 163857 2024-09-16T08:24:07.321922 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog