One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: — We murder to dissect. Poems - Page 105by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 pages
...things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed...to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art ; Close up those barren leaves ; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. 1798 LXXV PERSONAL... | |
| 1865 - 392 pages
...Nature be your Teacher. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore...to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art ; Close up those barren leaves ; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. 1798. m. LINES... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 396 pages
...Nature be your Teacher. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore...to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art ; Close up those barren leaves ; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. 1798. m. LINES... | |
| Allen Hayden Weld - 1865 - 116 pages
...May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. ' 90 SweeTis the love which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes...We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art ; 225 ^ Close up these barren leaves ; ( Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.... | |
| John Dennis - Pastoral poetry, English - 1865 - 340 pages
...the lessons she has to teach. " She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed...cheerfulness. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach us more of man, Of moral evil, and of good Than all the sages can." STANLEY. Bravo, Wordsworth... | |
| 1866 - 516 pages
...dead bones of the world, unconscious of its living beauty. J Again shall Wordsworth lend us a stanza : Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling...beauteous forms of things : — We murder to dissect. § So Hazlitt flings out at those " daring anatomists" of morals and phi" losophy, who think that the... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - Clergy - 1866 - 436 pages
...things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless, — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed...by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can ! Just at my gate, the man... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...things, Let Nature be your teacher. " She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless,— Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed...cheerfulness. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can!" 5. Just at my gate, the... | |
| Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 374 pages
...things, Let Nature be your teacher. " She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless, — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed...cheerfulness. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of gopd, Than all the sages can ! " 5. Just at my gate, the... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1867 - 412 pages
...soulless and powerless, a mummy instead of a living organism. For here especially it is true that — " Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect." The world of knowledge and the world of faith are principially distinct. They are not even concentric... | |
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