Sweet is the lore which nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things; -We murder to dissect. (William Wordsworth)

Sweet is the lore which nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things; -We murder to dissect.

William Wordsworth

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