SAMACHEER - 9 STD - POEM -EARTH

1. RMSA,SALEM

3. MOTIVATIONAL SONG
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND THIS LAND IS MY
LAND
FROM INDIA TO THE NEWYORK ISLAND
SIT BESIDE A MOUNTAIN STREAM , SEE HER
WATERS RISE
LISTEN TO THE PRETTY SOUND OF MUSIC AS
SHE FLIES
SAVE THE EARTH ,SAVE THE WORLD
THIS EARTH WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME

4. EARTH
THEME OF THE POEM
The poet admired the beauty of the Earth with its physical
features.
 Every feature reveal its speciality.
Human race exploit it and plant skull and bones.
But Earth treats them with all that is good to human.
People use its resources to make cannons and bombs.
 Yet, Earth uses even the wastes that human throw to create
lives.
 Earth is patient and merciful.
There is no two different things called Man and Earth
. Everything related to Earth is related to Man.
The Man and The Earth are one.

5. BEAUTY OF THE EARTH
HOWBEAUTIFUL YOU ARE EARTH
AND HOW SUBLIME?

6. HOW PERFECT YOUR
OBEDIENCE TO THE LIGHT

7. I HAVE CLIMBED YOUR STONY MOUNTAINS
ON THE MOUNTAINS I HAVE ADMIRED YOUR SPLENDID
PRESENCE

8. I HAVE WALKED OVER YOUR PLAINS
ON THE PLAINS I HAVE DISCOVERED YOUR DREAMS,

9. I HAVE ENTERED INTO YOUR CAVES
IN THE CAVES I HAVE TOUCHED YOUR MYSTERIES

10. AND YOU DRESS OUR WOUNDS
WITH OIL AND BALSAM
WE PIERCE YOUR BOSOM WITH
SWORDS AND SPEARS

12. AND FROM THEM YOU REAR
CYPRESS AND WILLOW TREES

13. OUR THRESHING
FLOORS WITH WHEAT
SHEAVES
WE EMPTY
OUR WASTES
IN YOUR
BOSOM

14. AND OUR WINE PRESSES WITH
GRAPES.

15. WE EXTRACT YOUR ELEMENTS TO MAKE
CANNONS AND BOMBS
BUT OUT OF OUR ELEMENTS YOU CREATE
LILIES AND ROSES

16. WHO ARE YOU ,EARTH, AND WHAT
ARE YOU?

17. YOU ARE MY SIGHT AND
DISCERNMENT.

18. YOU ARE THE BEAUTY THAT LIVES IN MY EYES
THE LONGING IN MY HEART, THE EVERLASTING
LIFE IN MY SOUL!

19. YOU ARE MY SORROW AND MY JOY.

20. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MY BEING
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN!

21. YOU ARE ‘I’
EARTH