THE World is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. -- Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn, So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD-NIGHT by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE HOUSE AT EVENING by WILLIAM ROSE BENET PSALM 2 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE VICTORIAN JOURNALISM by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB STREAMLINERA: SKYSCRAPER-ELEVATOR by PAULINE JONES BURNS |