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Warm Up: ➢ Do you go for leisurely walks? If you are a city-dweller, what or who would you expect to see on your way? ➢ If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe? Now, read the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’, which expresses the poet’s feelings towards Nature and the lessons he has learnt from it. 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 trail’d its wreaths; And ‘tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopp’d and play’d Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made It seem’d 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 the Early Spring Poem Unit William Wordsworth -B-Poem-Lines Written in Early - - :