There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal. George Gordon Byron
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The poet William Wordsworth captured the beauty of the natural world in his poem, "I love not man the less, but Nature more." Here, he contrasts the human soul with the natural world. He uses the image of a quiet walk in the woods to emphasize how one’s soul can experience an intense connection to nature. By stepping back from civilization, Wordsworth is able to connect with the Earth and feel what it means to be human.

Source: Childe Harolds Pilgrimage

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