Read these lines from the poem. my home is ’mid the mountain rocks the desert my domain. i plant no herbs nor pleasant fruits, i toil not for my cheer; the desert yields me juicy roots, and herds of bounding deer. what do these lines reveal about the bushman's viewpoint? he finds little joy in his surroundings. he shies away from physical labor. he appreciates the abundance of nature. he prefers to have limited contact with others.

The lines from the poem presented are written by the poet and Thomas Pringle who was born in Roxburghshire in Scotland in 1789.

Besides, he is most strongly linked to South African poetry after spending some years in the country and also was one of the first English writers to describe the region and the people who lived there. A “Bushman” is a dutch term for natives living in the wilderness. According to the Bushman's viewpoint, these lines reveal that he shies away from physical labor.

glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.