"I love all beauteous things" by Robert Bridges

Robert Seymour Bridges was born 23rd October 1844 and died on 21st April 1930. He was Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life.  “I love all beauteous things” is a poem by Robert Bridges. This poem has two stanzas five lines each.

In first stanza poet talks about his love for beautiful things. Poet always seek and adore beautiful things around him. He is thankful to the god for all these beautiful things. He says that when humans seek and adore beautiful things, god can not have better praise than that. He also says that when humans are busy all day and then when they see beautiful things around them, they feel respectful towards god. Here we can also see hasty days as last days of human. So it also can be said that human in their last days feel honoured for having to see beautiful things.

Moving towards the second stanza, poet also wants to make something and he also wants to feel the joy of creating something new. Then he says that it might happen that the thing which he created might not have any meaning tomorrow or it may seem like a empty words of dreams which does not make any sense. But he wants to feel the delight of creation.

In this small poem of two stanza poet praise and thank the god for making every beautiful thing. After seeing all the beautiful things created by god poet also desires to make something and wants to feel the happiness in creating something new. The creation of poem might not seem to have any meaning afterwards but poet can enjoy the process of creating something.

Thank you.