Quotes about Nature

Small service is true service while it lasts:Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one:The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower.

Knowing that Nature never did betray. The heart that loved her.

While with an eye made quiet by the powerOf harmony, and the deep power of joy,We see into the life of things.

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will!Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!

My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene, The memory of what has been, And never more will be.

Therefore, let the moon shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty-mountain winds be free to blow against thee.