Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of Things:—
We murder to dissect.


'The Tables Turned' (1798)

William Wordsworth Quotes

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of Things:— We murder to dissect.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of Things:— We murder to dissect.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of Things:— We murder to dissect.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of Things:— We murder to dissect.