Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
Interpretation
Nature has the power to enchant and captivate humans through its beauty.
This quote expresses the idea that nature, personified as a daughter of the skies, comes down to earth to bring joy and wonder to humanity. It highlights the enchanting qualities of the natural world and how it affects our perception and emotions.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about environmental conservation to emphasize the beauty of nature.
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears,_x000D_ _x000D_ Built as it has been in our waning years,_x000D_ _x000D_ A rest afforded to our weary feet,_x000D_ _x000D_ Preliminary to - the last retreat.
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive, is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
Even in the stifling bosom of the town,_x000D_ _x000D_ A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms_x000D_ _x000D_ That soothes the rich possessor; much consol'd,_x000D_ _x000D_ That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint,_x000D_ _x000D_ Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well_x000D_ _x000D_ He cultivates.
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me
You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.
If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately.
My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.
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