Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
Source: Sonnets, 'O friend! I know not'
-- William Wordsworth, (Apr 7 1770-1850), English poet; His Lyrical Ballads, 1798 are noted for their worship of nature and humanitarianism; poet laureate, 1843-50.