The Photographer and His Muse

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The Touch of Spring

I heard a thousand blended notes,

While in a grove I sate reclined,

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts

Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran;

And much it grieved my heart to think

What man has made of man.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,

The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;

And 'tis my faith that every flower

Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played,

Their thoughts I cannot measure;

But the least motion which they made

It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,

To catch the breezy air;

And I must think, do all I can,

That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,

If such be Nature's holy plan,

Have I not reason to lament

What man has made of man?

~ Lines Written In Early Spring by William Wordsworth

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Walking

Walks: The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird. ~ Jules Renard

Every walk is a sort of crusade, preached by some Peter the Hermit in us. ~ Henry Thoreau

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. ~ John Ruskin