Nature－sometimes sears a Sapling－1
Sometimes－scalps a Tree－
Her Green People recollect it
When they do not die－
Fainter Leaves－to Further Seasons－5
Dumbly testify－
We－who have the Souls－
Die oftener－Not so vitally－
Sometimes－scalps a Tree－
Her Green People recollect it
When they do not die－
Fainter Leaves－to Further Seasons－5
Dumbly testify－
We－who have the Souls－
Die oftener－Not so vitally－
(F.457/J.314)
[1] Nature:: a hint on nature-cure, therapy in natural ways.
[2] scalps a Tree:: the bark of a tree as herbs.
[3] Her Green People:: those who believe in nature-cure.
[3, 4] recollect, not die:: they remembered the effect of some plants, if that didn't kill them.
[5] Further Seasons:: longer life for human for using fainter plants as herbs.
[6] Dumbly testify:: to test herbs without intelligence.
[7] We, have Souls:: herbs have no souls.
[8] Die oftener:: human beings die oftener than plants; nature-cure failed often.
There is no quackery about the Nature Cure. It never orders nauseous poisons to be forced into the stomach, in the expectation that they will find some road to the liver or pancreas, or other ungetatable places, when they are out of order. ─ Lichen Tufts (1860)