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William Wordsworth

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.

William Wordsworth

Nature

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Wordsworth is saying that people are so focused on material things and busy with daily life that they waste their true potential. Because of this, we fail to appreciate and connect with the natural world around us.

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