past joys, and have faith that she will not abandon hearts that have loved her. Likewise, that is the philosophy that Wordsworth lives by. Wordsworth’s love of Nature at Tintern Abbey gives him a sensation that he recognizes as a part of his own soul (Bloom Poetry 412). Nonetheless, Wordsworth speaks of the Nature at Tintern Abbey like a religion. He says that Nature is the guide and guardian of his heart and soul. Selincourt writes, “In the highest mood of ecstasy this consciousness of complete oneness with God [Nature] is so overwhelming that his other attributes as man seem to fall from him…” (Selincourt 367). “Tintern Abbey” is significant because of the referring to Nature in terms strongly marked with a platonic deism. Beach explains that it is true that the main period of Wordsworth’s nature-poetry was least dominated by the theological doctrines of Christianity. Nature is now regarded to Wordsworth as a kind of substitute religion, which is called Naturalism. Wordsworth admits in “Tintern Abbey” that he is a worshiper of Nature. Wordsworth believes that Nature will not allow any evil to come to his cheerful faith (Beach 441). Finally, the impact that Nature has on William Wordsworth completely reveals itself in “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” Not only does Tintern Abbey’s Nature bring happiness to Wordsworth, it gives him a sublime creativeness as a poet that is throughout the whole poem. ...
