Dear earth,

I do salute thee with my hand,
Though rebels wound thee with their horses' hoofs.
As a long-parted mother with her child

Linocut and painting from artist's book Garden of Hope by Suzanne Coley

Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting,

So weeping, smiling, greet I thee, my earth

Richard II,  (III.ii.6-10)

Wm. Shakespeare