I recently watched the movie, A River Runs Through It. A poem is recited in the movie. I obtained the book where that poem can be found. Millay is an artist with words; carefully combining them to create amazing visualizations.
The movie uses a fly fishing river in Montana as the ribbon holding the characters together. The river symbolizes something deeper than physical presence or common activities that keeps the people together. Made me wonder what is the river in the Jorth family. I suppose one of the themes is a genuine love and awe of nature surrounding our lives. And then I saw this poem today....
God's World
O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, they wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all,
But never knew I this:
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart, - Lord, I do fear
Thou'st made the world to beautiful this year;
My sould is all but out of me, - let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
from Collect Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
