How marvellous a poem!! very poignant of the changes in society, and societal values, especially over the last 200 years.
In spite of the fact that millions are living in more suitable housing and healthier conditions, widespread education and universal travel, there is a disconnect with the human soul and nature with the paving over of fields and forest.
What to do with so many people amidst the rush to the accumulation of material goods?
One can easily argue that technology and education have improved the lot of many since medieval times, but is the trade-off too great a loss?
To Strive, To Seek, and Never to Yield - Tennyson - Searching for Mackay, Sinclair, Munro, Montgomery, Anderson, Gordon, Highland ancestors before 1830
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