I Have Always Loved You Truly

I have always loved you truly Mother Nature But about you I have much to learn and know I see your changing beauty in the Seasons And I feel your anger when your wild gales blow. I see your calm in the quiet pool of the river In it's gravelly bed is mirrored the blue sky Where in the quiet of the Summer evening The brown trout jump to catch the dragon fly. I marvel at the beauty of your singing When on bush and tree your feathered minstrels sing Your woods and groves are green and bland and leafy And you look marvellous in your green of Spring. I love the beauty of your snow capped mountains On your frozen ponds and lakes the children skate And in the bleakness of your Winter valley The barking dog fox searching for a mate. I love the richness of your Autumn colours The mature trees in the Parkland of the town Resplendent in their hues of natural beauty The yellow and the orange and the brown. Above your lush green meadows of the Summer The dark winged swallows flying to and fro And from flower to flower the butterflies are flitting And thrushes pipe on the leafy hedgerow. I adore you now as always Mother Nature Though about you I have much to learn and know And I marvel at your wonders and your beauty And my love for you it only grow and grow.