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Composed circa 1802, the poem was first published in?Poems, In Two Volumes?(1807) In it, Wordsworth criticises the world of the?First Industrial Revolution?for being absorbed in?materialism?and distancing itself fromnature. The world is too much with us: late and soon, 世事纷繁 没些停 （Wordsworth gives a fatalistic view of the world, past and future. The words late and soon in the opening verse describe how the past and future are included in his characterization of mankind. ） Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: 患得患失 耗费了人生 The author knows the potential of humanitys powers, but fears it is clouded by the mentality of getting and spending. ） Little we see in Nature that is ours; 与真实的自我形同陌路 Unlike society, Wordsworth does not see nature as a commodity. The verse Little we see in Nature that is ours, shows that in Wordsworth’s eyes, human and nature should coexist） We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! （The sordid boon we have given our hearts is the materialistic progress of mankind. ） 为蝇头的微利失了灵魂 This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The verse This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, gives the vision of a feminine creature opening herself to the heavens above. ） 海在月光里涌 The winds that will be howling at all hours, 风昼夜地吹 We should be able to appreciate beautiful events like the moon shining over the ocean and the blowing of strong winds, but its like were on a different wavelength from Nature. This relationship appears to be at the mercy of mankind because in Wordswarth’s eyes, the nature is so vulnerable ） And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; 时间静谧如沉睡的花朵 The phrase sleeping flowers might also describe how nature is being overrun unknowingly and is helpless.） For this, for everything, we are out of tune; 我们丧失如许，对这些，都无动于衷。 It moves us not. -- Great God! The speaker complains that the world is too overwhelming for us to appreciate it. Were so concerned about time and money that we use up all our energy. People want to accumulate stuff, so the