splendor in the grass

Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: William Inge
Release Date: 10 October 1961 (USA)
Genre: Drama | Romance

ODE: INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
(..)
X. Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song!
And let the young Lambs bound
As to the tabor's sound!
We in thought will join your throng,
Ye that pipe and ye that play,
Ye that through your hearts today
Feel the gladness of the May!
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now forever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.

William Wordsworth