Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Wordsworth , William (1851), The complete poetical works of William Wordsworth ..., Retrieved on 2012-01-02Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: poetry Memes
02 JAN 2012
The Tables Turned
Up! up! my friend, and quit your books;
Or surely you'll grow double:
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun, above the mountain's head,
A freshening lustre mellow,
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Books! 'tis a dull endless strife:
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music! on my life,
There's more of wisdom in it.
And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come...Folksonomies: science naturalism
Folksonomies: science naturalism
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notes
notesWadsworth's poem is anti-science and anti-intellectualism, but it is pro-nature and learning from the natural world.
