... and Wordsworth's memory is what brings it to life. "Five years have past; five summers, with the length of five long winter! And again I hear these waters, rolling from their mountain-springs with a soft inland murmur," (lines 1-4, page 47). With one glance at the sight before him, William Wordsworth has again been hypnotized by the presence of the Abbey. He talks ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to hope, and later happiness that his son will be raised in the country where he "shalt wander like a breeze/ by lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags/ of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds" (54-56). The speaker realizes that he will find happiness when his son is able to experience everything in nature that he was unable to experience ... ...

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