Nature and Elements

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

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

That orbèd maiden, with white fire laden,

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

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;

Ô saisons, ô châteaux!

… Je me suis baigné dans le Poème

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Pull down thy VANITY

The ant’s a centaur in his dragon world.

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,

The spider’s touch, how exquisitely fine!