In Harmony with Nature

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2><SPAN name="IN_HARMONY_WITH_NATURE" id="IN_HARMONY_WITH_NATURE"></SPAN>IN HARMONY WITH NATURE</h2> <span class="i0">"In harmony with Nature?" Restless fool,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Who with such heat dost preach what were to thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When true, the last impossibility&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">To be like Nature strong, like Nature cool!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Know, man hath all which Nature hath, but more,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And in that <i>more</i> lie all his hopes of good.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nature is cruel, man is sick of blood;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nature is stubborn, man would fain adore;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nature is fickle, man hath need of rest;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nature forgives no debt, and fears no grave;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Man would be mild, and with safe conscience blest.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Man must begin, know this, where Nature ends;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nature and man can never be fast friends.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fool, if thou canst not pass her, rest her slave!</span> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />