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[ PART III ]
[ POEMS OF NATURE ] [ MOTHER NATURE ] [ THE BOOK OF THE WORLD ] [ NATURE ] [ COMPENSATION ] [ THE LAST HOUR ] [ NATURE ] [ SONG OF NATURE ] [ "GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY" ] [ TO MOTHER NATURE ] [ QUIET WORK ] [ NATURE ] [ "AS AN OLD MERCER" ] [ GOOD COMPANY ] [ "HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE LOVELINESS KEEPS HOUSE" ] [ GOD'S WORLD ] [ WILD HONEY ] [ PATMOS ]
[ DAWN AND DARK ] [ SONG ] [ HYMN OF APOLLO ] [ PRELUDE ] [ DAWN ON THE HEADLAND ] [ THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN ] [ DAWN-ANGELS ] [ MUSIC OF THE DAWN ] [ SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN ] [ ODE TO EVENING ] [ "IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE" ] [ GLOAMING ] [ EVENING MELODY ] [ "IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING" ] [ TWILIGHT ] [ TWILIGHT AT SEA ] [ "THIS IS MY HOUR" ] [ SONG TO THE EVENING STAR ] [ THE EVENING CLOUD ] [ SONG: TO CYNTHIA ] [ MY STAR ] [ NIGHT ] [ TO NIGHT ] [ TO NIGHT ] [ NIGHT ] [ NIGHT ] [ HE MADE THE NIGHT ] [ HYMN TO THE NIGHT ] [ NIGHT'S MARDI GRAS ] [ DAWN AND DARK ] [ DAWN ] [ A WOOD SONG ]
[ THE CHANGING YEAR ] [ A SONG FOR THE SEASONS ] [ A SONG OF THE SEASONS ] [ TURN O' THE YEAR ] [ THE WAKING YEAR ] [ SONG ] [ EARLY SPRING ] [ LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING ] [ IN EARLY SPRING ] [ SPRING ] [ A STARLING'S SPRING RONDEL ] [ "WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER" ] [ SPRING ] [ "THE SPRING RETURNS" ] [ "WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING" ] [ SONG ] [ TO SPRING ] [ AN ODE ON THE SPRING ] [ SPRING ] [ THE MEADOWS IN SPRING ] [ THE SPRING ] [ "WHEN SPRING COMES BACK TO ENGLAND" ] [ NEW LIFE ] [ "OVER THE WINTRY THRESHOLD" ] [ MARCH ] [ SONG IN MARCH ] [ MARCH ] [ WRITTEN IN MARCH ] [ THE PASSING OF MARCH ] [ HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD ] [ SONG ] [ AN APRIL ADORATION ] [ SWEET WILD APRIL ] [ SPINNING IN APRIL ] [ SONG: ON MAY MORNING ] [ A MAY BURDEN ] [ CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING ] [ "SISTER, AWAKE!" ] [ MAY ] [ MAY ] [ A SPRING LILT ] [ SUMMER LONGINGS ] [ MIDSUMMER ] [ A MIDSUMMER SONG ] [ JUNE ] [ JUNE ] [ HARVEST ] [ SCYTHE SONG ] [ SEPTEMBER ] [ INDIAN SUMMER ] [ PREVISION ] [ A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN ] [ TO AUTUMN ] [ ODE TO AUTUMN ] [ ODE TO THE WEST WIND ] [ AUTUMN: A DIRGE ] [ AUTUMN ] [ "WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" ] [ KORE ] [ OLD OCTOBER ] [ NOVEMBER ] [ NOVEMBER ] [ STORM FEAR ] [ WINTER: A DIRGE ] [ OLD WINTER ] [ THE FROST ] [ THE FROSTED PANE ] [ THE FROST SPIRIT ] [ SNOW ] [ TO A SNOW-FLAKE ] [ THE SNOW-SHOWER ] [ MIDWINTER ] [ A GLEE FOR WINTER ] [ THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR ] [ DIRGE FOR THE YEAR ]
[ WOOD AND FIELD AND RUNNING BROOK ] [ WALDEINSAMKEIT ] [ I DO NOT COUNT THE HOURSS I SPEND ] [ "WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDER ALL ALONE" ] [ OUT IN THE FIELDS ] [ ASPECTS OF THE PINES ] [ UNDER THE LEAVES ] [ "ON WENLOCK EDGE" ] [ "WHAT DO WE PLANT?" ] [ THE TREE ] [ THE BRAVE OLD OAK ] [ "THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL" ] [ TO THE WILLOW-TREE ] [ ENCHANTMENT ] [ TREES ] [ THE HOLLY-TREE ] [ THE PINE ] [ "WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE" ] [ THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION ] [ THE POPLAR FIELD ] [ THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE ] [ OF AN ORCHARD ] [ AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON ] [ THE TIDE RIVER ] [ THE BROOK'S SONG ] [ ARETHUSA ] [ THE CATARACT OF LODORE ] [ SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE ] [ "FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON" ] [ CANADIAN BOAT-SONG ] [ THE MARSHES OF GLYNN ] [ THE TROSACHS ] [ HYMN ] [ THE PEAKS ] [ KINCHINJUNGA ] [ THE HILLS ] [ HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN ] [ SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER ] [ THE DESERTED PASTURE ] [ TO MEADOWS ] [ THE CLOUD ] [ APRIL RAIN ] [ SUMMER INVOCATION ] [ APRIL RAIN ] [ TO THE RAINBOW ]
[ GREEN THINGS GROWING ] [ MY GARDEN ] [ THE GARDEN ] [ A GARDEN ] [ A GARDEN SONG ] [ "IN GREEN OLD GARDENS" ] [ A BENEDICTINE GARDEN ] [ AN AUTUMN GARDEN ] [ UNGUARDED ] [ THE DESERTED GARDEN ] [ A FORSAKEN GARDEN ] [ GREEN THINGS GROWING ] [ A CHANTED CALENDAR ] [ FLOWERS ] [ FLOWERS ] [ A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS ] [ ALMOND BLOSSOM ] [ WHITE AZALEAS ] [ BUTTERCUPS ] [ THE BROOM FLOWER ] [ THE SMALL CELANDINE ] [ TO THE SMALL CELANDINE ] [ FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ] [ SWEET CLOVER ] [ "I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD" ] [ TO DAFFODILS ] [ TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY ] [ A FIELD FLOWER ] [ TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON ] [ DAISIES ] [ TO THE DAISY ] [ TO DAISIES ] [ TO THE DANDELION ] [ DANDELION ] [ THE DANDELIONS ] [ TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN ] [ GOLDENROD ] [ LESSONS FROM THE GORSE ] [ THE VOICE OF THE GRASS ] [ A SONG THE GRASS SINGS ] [ THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE ] [ THE IVY GREEN ] [ YELLOW JESSAMINE ] [ KNAP WEED ] [ MOLY ] [ THE MORNING-GLORY ] [ THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE ] [ THE PRIMROSE ] [ TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW ] [ TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE ] [ THE RHODORA ] [ THE ROSE ] [ WILD ROSES ] [ THE ROSE OF MAY ] [ A ROSE ] [ THE SHAMROCK ] [ TO VIOLETS ] [ THE VIOLET ] [ TO A WOOD-VIOLET ] [ THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE ] [ TO A WIND-FLOWER ] [ TO BLOSSOMS ] [ "TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER" ] [ THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS ]
[ GOD'S CREATURES ] [ ONCE ON A TIME ] [ TO A MOUSE ] [ THE GRASSHOPPER ] [ ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET ] [ TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET ] [ THE CRICKET ] [ TO A CRICKET ] [ TO AN INSECT ] [ THE SNAIL ] [ THE HOUSEKEEPER ] [ THE HUMBLE-BEE ] [ TO A BUTTERFLY ] [ ODE TO A BUTTERFLY ] [ THE BUTTERFLY ] [ FIREFLIES ] [ THE BLOOD HORSE ] [ BIRDS ] [ BIRDS ] [ SEA-BIRDS ] [ THE LITTLE BEACH-BIRD ] [ THE BLACKBIRD ] [ THE BLACKBIRD ] [ THE BLACKBIRD ] [ THE BLACKBIRD ] [ ROBERT OF LINCOLN ] [ THE O'LINCON FAMILY ] [ THE BOBOLINK ] [ MY CATBIRD ] [ THE HERALD CRANE ] [ THE CROW ] [ TO THE CUCKOO ] [ THE CUCKOO ] [ TO THE CUCKOO ] [ THE EAGLE ] [ THE HAWKBIT ] [ THE HERON ] [ THE JACKDAW ] [ THE GREEN LINNET ] [ TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD ] [ THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT ] [ LAMENT OF A MOCKING-BIRD ] [ "O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART" ] [ PHILOMEL ] [ PHILOMELA ] [ ON A NIGHTINGALE IN APRIL ] [ TO THE NIGHTINGALE ] [ THE NIGHTINGALE ] [ TO THE NIGHTINGALE ] [ PHILOMELA ] [ ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE ] [ SONG ] [ BIRD SONG ] [ THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS ] [ TO AN ORIOLE ] [ SONG: THE OWL ] [ SWEET SUFFOLK OWL ] [ THE PEWEE ] [ ROBIN REDBREAST ] [ ROBIN REDBREAST ] [ THE SANDPIPER ] [ THE SEA-MEW ] [ TO A SKYLARK ] [ TO A SKYLARK ] [ THE SKYLARK ] [ THE SKYLARK ] [ TO A SKYLARK ] [ THE STORMY PETREL ] [ THE FIRST SWALLOW ] [ TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES ] [ CHIMNEY SWALLOWS ] [ ITYLUS ] [ THE THROSTLE ] [ OVERFLOW ] [ JOY-MONTH ] [ MY THRUSH ] [ "BLOW SOFTLY, THRUSH" ] [ THE BLACK VULTURE ] [ WILD GEESE ] [ TO A WATERFOWL ] [ THE WOOD-DOVE'S NOTE ]
[ THE SEA ] [ SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS ] [ STANZAS ] [ THE SEA ] [ ON THE SEA ] [ "WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED" ] [ A SONG OF DESIRE ] [ THE PINES AND THE SEA ] [ SEA FEVER ] [ HASTINGS MILL ] [ "A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA" ] [ THE SEA ] [ SAILOR'S SONG ] [ "A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE" ] [ TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE ] [ IN OUR BOAT ] [ POOR JACK ] [ "ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP" ] [ OUTWARD ] [ A PASSER-BY ] [ OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP ] [ CHRISTMAS AT SEA ] [ THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE ] [ ON THE QUAY ] [ THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR ] [ DRIFTING ] [ "HOW'S MY BOY?" ] [ THE LONG WRITE SEAM ] [ STORM SONG ] [ THE MARINER'S DREAM ] [ THE INCHCAPE ROCK ] [ THE SEA ] [ THE SANDS OF DEE ] [ THE THREE FISHERS ] [ BALLAD ] [ THE NORTHERN STAR ] [ THE FISHER'S WIDOW ] [ CALLER HERRIN' ] [ HANNAH BINDING SHOES ] [ THE SAILOR ] [ THE BURIAL OF THE DANE ] [ TOM BOWLING ] [ MESSMATES ] [ THE LAST BUCCANEER ] [ THE LAST BUCCANEER ] [ THE LEADSMAN'S SONG ] [ HOMEWARD BOUND ]
[ THE SIMPLE LIFE ] [ THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE ] [ A WISH ] [ ODE ON SOLITUDE ] [ "THRICE HAPPY HE" ] [ "UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE" ] [ CORIDON'S SONG ] [ THE OLD SQUIRE ] [ INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE ] [ THE RETIREMENT ] [ THE COUNTRY FAITH ] [ TRULY GREAT ] [ EARLY MORNING AT BARGIS ] [ THE CUP ] [ A STRIP OF BLUE ] [ AN ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD ] [ "THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE BURN" ] [ THE PLOW ] [ THE USEFUL PLOW ] [ "TO ONE WHO HAS BEEN LONG IN CITY PENT" ] [ THE QUIET LIFE ] [ THE WISH ] [ EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY ] [ THE TABLES TURNED ] [ SIMPLE NATURE ] [ "I FEAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDS" ] [ A RUNNABLE STAG ] [ HUNTING-SONG ] [ "A-HUNTING WE WILL GO" ] [ THE ANGLER'S INVITATION ] [ THE ANGLER'S WISH ] [ THE ANGLER ]
[ WANDERLUST ] [ TO JANE: THE INVITATION ] [ "MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS" ] [ "AFAR IN THE DESERT" ] [ SPRING SONG IN THE CITY ] [ IN CITY STREETS ] [ THE VAGABOND ] [ IN THE HIGHLANDS ] [ THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS ] [ THE GIPSY TRAIL ] [ WANDERLUST ] [ THE FOOTPATH WAY ] [ A MAINE TRAIL ] [ AFOOT ] [ FROM ROMANY TO ROME ] [ THE TOIL OF THE TRAIL ] [ DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? ] [ THE KING'S HIGHWAY ] [ THE FORBIDDEN LURE ] [ THE WANDER-LOVERS ] [ THE SEA GIPSY ] [ A VAGABOND SONG ] [ SPRING SONG ] [ THE MENDICANTS ] [ THE JOYS OF THE ROAD ] [ THE SONG OF THE FOREST RANGER ] [ A DROVER ] [ BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN ] [ THE GOOD INN ] [ NIGHT FOR ADVENTURES ] [ SONG ] [ THE VOORTREKKER ] [ THE LONG TRAIL ]

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PART III

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POEMS OF NATURE

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

William Wordsworth [1770-1850]