...[Composed possibly in 1800. — Published in the Preface to the Excursion, 1814.] "On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...and evil of our mortal state. — To these emotions, whenccsoe'er they come, Whether from breath of outward circumstance, Or from the Soul — an impulse...

...THE RECLUSE (C. 1800) On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive 755 Fair trains of imagery before me rise, Accompanied...thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes 760 Or elevates the mind, intent to weigh The good and evil of our mortal state. To these emotions,...

...Recluse, — his "views of Man, Nature, and Society", — or in describing his method: On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in Solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of imagery before me rise. The truth of the matter is that Wordsworth, like most of us, found in nature very largely what he took...

...MAN, COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, COUNTRY GENTLEMAN : SOME FAMILY LETTERS I THE END On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...intent to weigh The good and evil of our mortal state. — WORDSWORTH : The Recluse. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween,...

...where, my lord ! HAM. In my mind's eye, Horatio. Hamltt. Act i. Sc. i. SHAKESPEARE. On man, on nature, and on human life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight, Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed. Tlu Excursion. • Pnltuti. WORDSWORTH. But O, what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height A vaunt ! and...

...behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. THE RECLUSE FROM BOOK I On Man, on Nature, Haunted me like a passion ; the tall rock, The mountain,...were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, ; 5 And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes Or elevates...

...unknown to me The workings of my spirit thence are brought. Prospectus to The Recluse On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed; 5 And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes Or elevates...

...be acceptable as a kind of Prospectus of the design and scope of the whole Poem. "On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life Musing in Solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed; 5 And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes Or elevates...

...same year as he wrote the first version of The Prelude, related in The Recluse how On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed. . . . (754-58) Here we find the same nostalgia for a lost wholeness with Nature, with the Divine presence...

...general and joy in particular seems especially relevant to the theme of this chapter: On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed . . . - To these emotions, whencesoe'er they come, ... I would give utterance in numerous verse . ....