Am I Plucking Blackberries?

 

 

 

 

Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God;

And only he who sees takes off his shoes;

The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

Aurora Leigh (1865),

Book VII

 

So am I plucking blackberries?

Are you?

 

Blessings,

Aimee

 

Note:

quote widely available on Internet and is, to my understanding, in the public domain.

Here is one place to read some quotes from this God-gifted poet:

 

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning#Quotes

(see the above link for terms of use of the quotes)