Turning Heads

from "The Tables Turned" by William Wordsworth:





Come forth into the light of things, 

Let Nature be your teacher. 



She has a world of ready wealth, 

Our minds and hearts to bless— 

Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, 

Truth breathed by cheerfulness. 



One impulse from a vernal wood 

May teach you more of man, 

Of moral evil and of good, 

Than all the sages can. 



Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; 

Our meddling intellect 

Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— 

We murder to dissect.