They can't see the forest for the trees. They get hung up on looking at the individual tree being cut, and can't see the benefit of the landscape as a whole.
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The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.Robert Burns
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That so much laughter, so much life enjoy'd.
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Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.
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O Thou whose very self art love!
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False flatterer, Hope, away!
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