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    At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
    And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
    When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill
    And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.

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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Nature Quotes,
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I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

by Georg Trakl Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and read more

Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.

by Robert Frost Found in: Nature Quotes,
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I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a read more

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; read more

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of read more

Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.

by Boris Pasternak Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of
heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the read more

Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of
heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his
sandal shoon.

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Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Nature Quotes,
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