What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.

Gerard Manley Hopkins
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and...
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and...
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and...
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and...
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What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. The power of nature that has endured for millions of years is something to be cherished. Why would we want to make the most important parts of our world less powerful? Why would we want to destroy what has sustained our species for hundreds of thousands of years? We cannot make the world a “better” place by tearing down all that has made it what it is today.

Source: Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Complete Poems

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