One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages can.
Source: The Tables Turned, st. 6.
-- 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.