This is my letter to the world, 
    That never wrote to me, — 
The simple news that Nature told, 
    With tender majesty.
Her message is committed 
    To hands I cannot see; 
For love of her, sweet countrymen, 
    Judge tenderly of me!
BOOK ONE: Life
1-26
BOOK TWO: Love
27-44
BOOK THREE: Nature
45-75
BOOK FOUR: Time and Eternity
76-115