O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The narrator feels overwhelming love for life and blesses creatures without thinking.
- In plain terms
- He loved all living things and blessed them without realizing it.
- What can you take from it?
- Love for life can happen spontaneously and change your fate.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What did you bless without thinking?
- When did love flow freely?
Another view
The blessing is unconscious so its impact is ambiguous.
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