This is the same philosophy that the indigenous of the Americas hold as true. The worship of nature. It is through book learning that we gain knowledge of nature itself. Through the language of math that we explore the universe. It is good to enjoy nature, but it is simplistic to let nature conquer you. Man has a duty to preserve its species through time and nature. Books and book knowledge are the only means of doing this.
As always iam gathering main theme of poem and poet biography briefly here it’s the tables turned poem mainly about importance of nature . It say that books are just barren leaves that provide empty knowledge, that nature is best teacher which can teach more about human , good , good . William Wordsworth ( 1770- 1850 ) he was English romantic poet who with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch romantic age in English literature with their joint publication lyrical ballads .