They came with gushing platitudes
To 'study Nature' in my woods,
That they might, to their greater glory,
Mouth her in sonnet and in story.
So intellectual, so wise!
She dropped a veil before her eyes,
And made her face a painted wall
So that they nothing found at all.
They did not know, they went away
Content with 'Such a charming day!'
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem