. ▁C . ▁Fif ield ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁Dav ies ' ▁first ▁anth ology ▁Collect ed ▁Po ems ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁publish er ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁The ▁poem ▁is ▁written ▁as ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁seven ▁rh ym ing ▁couple ts . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁Although ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁become ▁Dav ies ' ▁best ▁known ▁poem , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁Georg ian ▁Po etry ▁anth ologies ▁published ▁by ▁Edward ▁Marsh ▁between ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁Th irty ▁two ▁of ▁Dav ies ' ▁other ▁po ems ▁were . ▁ ▁It ▁war ns ▁that ▁" the ▁hect ic ▁pace ▁of ▁modern ▁life ▁has ▁a ▁det r iment al ▁effect ▁on ▁the ▁human ▁spirit ." ▁Modern ▁man ▁has ▁no ▁time ▁to ▁spend ▁free ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁lap ▁of ▁nature . ▁ ▁App rais al ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁Crit ical ▁Biography ▁of ▁Dav ies , ▁Richard ▁J . ▁St ones ifer ▁traces ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁poem ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁son net ▁" The ▁World ▁Is ▁To o ▁Much ▁with ▁Us " ▁by ▁William ▁Word sw orth , ▁saying : ▁ ▁" But ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁school ▁with ▁Word sw orth ' s ▁son net ▁" The ▁world ▁is ▁too ▁much ▁with ▁us ", ▁and ▁echo es ▁from ▁that ▁son net ▁res ound ▁throughout ▁his ▁work ▁as ▁from ▁few ▁other ▁po ems . ▁Philosoph ically , ▁no ▁other ▁single ▁poem ▁can ▁be