![Brook! Whose Society The Poet Seeks, By: William Wordsworth](https://i0.wp.com/poetrycatalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Brook-Whose-Society-The-Poet-Seeks-By-William-Wordsworth.png?resize=750%2C420&ssl=1)
Brook! whose society the Poet seeks,
Intent his wasted spirits to renew;
And whom the curious Painter doth pursue
Through rocky passes, among flowery creeks,
And tracks thee dancing down thy water-breaks;
If wish were mine some type of thee to view,
Thee, and not thee thyself, I would not do
Like Grecian Artists, give thee human cheeks,
Channels for tears; no Naiad should’st thou be,
Have neither limbs, feet, feathers, joints nor hairs:
It seems the Eternal Soul is clothed in thee
With purer robes than those of flesh and blood,
And hath bestowed on thee a safer good;
Unwearied joy, and life without its cares.