Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks with appropriate words and phrases. If required listen to the poem again.
The World Is Too Much with Us The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up- gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. – Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
The World Is Too Much with Us:
The world is too much with us; late and soon Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers
Little we see in (1) ______ that is ours; We have given (2) ______ away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom (3) ______ (4) ______ that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like (5) ______ ,For this, for everything, we are (6) ______ ; It (7) ______ . us not. Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising (8) ______ Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.