Nature and Elements

Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.

The glacier knocks in the cupboard,

The glacier knocks in the cupboard,

And bade betwixt their shores to be

Say, has some wet bird-haunted English lawn

Lent it the music of its trees at dawn?

Now the wild white horses play,

Now the wild white horses play,

Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar.

The Sea of Faith

Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

How about ‘Cloudcuckooland’?

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Countless chuckles of the waves of the sea.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life-giving.

There were two blackbirds, Sitting on a hill, The one named Jack, The other named Jill; Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill! Come again, Jack! Come again, Jill!

Shoe the horse, shoe the mare, But let the little colt go bare.

Sing, sing! What shall I sing? The cat’s run away with the pudding-bag string.

I had a little pony, His name was Dapple Gray; I lent him to a lady To ride a mile away. She whipped him, she slashed him, She rode him through the mire; I would not lend my pony now For all the lady’s hire.

All day they hunted, And nothing did they find, But a ship a-sailing, A-sailing with the wind.

There were three jolly huntsmen, As I have heard them say, And they would go a-hunting Upon St. David’s Day.