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. 

 "Is that a prayer wheel in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?"

Related post:

https://martyrion.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-murder-to-dissect.html

Related Rudolf Steiner lecture: "The Alchemy of the Human Soul"
http://martyrion.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-alchemy-of-human-soul.html