/lit/ - Literature

>Adam's First Day
As new waked from soundest sleep,
Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid,
In balmy sweat; which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.
Straight toward Heaven my wondering eyes I turned,
And gazed a while the ample sky; till, raised
By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung,
As thitherward endeavouring, and upright
Stood on my feet: about me round I saw
Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains,
And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these,
Creatures that lived and moved, and walked, or flew;
Birds on the branches warbling; all things smiled;
With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Myself I then perused, and limb by limb
Surveyed, and sometimes went, and sometimes ran
With supple joints, as lively vigour led:
But who I was, or where, or from what cause,
Knew not; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake;
My tongue obeyed, and readily could name
Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light,
And thou enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay,
Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains,
And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell,
Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here?--
Not of myself;--by some great Maker then,
In goodness and in power pre-eminent:
Tell me, how may I know him, how adore,
From whom I have that thus I move and live,
And feel that I am happier than I know.

>tfw more knowledgeable than most PhDs I've met

>>17805555
Wholesome-pilled

>>17438178
>tfw believe in God but not a christian

>>17252171
Don't have one. I just listen to my instinct.

from r9k, c, a, jp to lit and fit after starting to get my life together

I just finished reading a damn good book from a used bookstore.

I'm only started reading books this year and I really apprechiate the medium now more than ever.

What do you guys do after reading a good book? To you immediately pick up another one or do you wait a day or two to process it?

>>16715134
Based, anon. Now just look at all these resentful slaves in this thread. Don't let them bring you down.