In essence, Wordsworth sees nature as a form of both physical as well as spiritual rejuvenation and transformation.
In Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey he goes on to describe the gift of nature as follows:
To them I may have owed another gift,
Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood,
In which the burthen of the mystery,
In which the heavy and the weary weight
Of all this unintelligible world,
Is lightened.
( "Tintern Abbey." Lines 36-41)
It is through the imaginative experience of nature that he encounters a "blessed mood" that makes him aware of the underlying power and mystery of reality. This could be described as a 'mystical experience' or a spiritual awakening that is obscured by the humdrum noise and activity of modern life. In the presence of nature he becomes aware of himself as a "living soul" who sees "… into the life...
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