The Waking BY THEODORE ROETHKE

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.   

I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.   

I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?   

I hear my being dance from ear to ear.   

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?   

God bless the Ground!   I shall walk softly there,   

And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?   

The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;   

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do   

To you and me; so take the lively air,   

And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.   

What falls away is always. And is near.   

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.   

I learn by going where I have to go.

1. wake
   stop sleeping
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
   
2. fate
   the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
   
3. ground
   the solid part of the earth's surface
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   God bless the Ground!
4. winding
   the act of winding or twisting
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair; 
   I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
5. lively
   full of life and energy
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   Great Nature has another thing to do 
   To you and me; so take the lively air, 
   And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
   
6. steady
   securely in position; not shaky
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

   This shaking keeps me steady.

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