In a Churchyard

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In a Churchyard

There may be seeming calm above, but no!⁠—

There is a pulse below which ceases not,

A subterranean working, fiery hot,

Deep in the million-hearted bosom, though

Earthquakes unlock not the prodigious show

Of elemental conflict; and this spot

Nurses most quiet bones which lie and rot,

And here the humblest weeds take root and grow.

There is a calm upon the mighty sea,

Yet are its depths alive and full of being,

Enormous bulks that move unwieldily;

Yet, pore we on it, they are past our seeing!⁠—

From the deep sea-weed fields, though wide and ample,

Comes there no rushing sound: these do not trample!