Nature and Elements

Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear!

O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,

O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

That orbèd maiden, with white fire laden,

A widow bird sat mourning for her love

A pardlike Spirit, beautiful and swift.

His life was gentle, and the elements

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

If thou would’st view fair Melrose aright,

The heavy bear who goes with me,

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

In the bleak mid-winter

Come to me in the silence of the night;

… Je me suis baigné dans le Poème

Ô saisons, ô châteaux!

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The ant’s a centaur in his dragon world.

Pull down thy VANITY

All gardening is landscape-painting.

Behold the child, by Nature’s kindly law

All nature is but art, unknown to thee;

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,