Trevor Burrows

"Knowing that Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege,
Through all the years of this our life, to lead
From joy to joy: for she can so inform
The mind that is within us, so impress
With quietness and beauty, and so feed
With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues,
Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men,
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all
The dreary intercourse of daily life,
Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb
Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold
Is full of blessings..."

-- Wordworth, "Tintern Abbey"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45527/lines-composed-a-few-miles-above-tintern-abbey-on-revisiting-the-banks-of-the-wye-during-a-tour-july-13-1798

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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the…

and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With a soft inland murmur.—Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. And now, with gleams of…

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Aug 14, 2024 at 11:47amWeb
Show threadTrevor BurrowsAug 14, 2024

Reading through Charles Taylor's *Cosmic Connections* has me revisiting some greatest hits of the Romantics --- never a bad thing!

I have been struggling to shift from the less-structured, free-to-wander days of summer back to class prep and planning, as the semester resumes fully next week. It's been a summer with its fair share of stress but with a lot of time outside, play in the garden and around our new home, which felt very fulfilling --- not to mention some nice park visits, etc.

Moving from that back to the classroom feels particularly stifling right now... so perhaps this bit from Wordsworth should be a mantra for the coming weeks....

Show threadTrevor BurrowsAug 14, 2024
It's also a nice moment to get some poetry reading back in my mix after a few months of nearly none, as some good lines in the morning or evening can help reframe the stresses of the office and the classroom.