With close reference to the poem "Tintern Abbey," comment on the moral and spiritual strength that Wordsworth gained from nature.from "Lines...

In William Wordsworth’s famous poem “Lines
Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey . . ., the speaker derives
moral and spiritual strength from nature in a number of
ways.

In lines 5-7, for example, the speaker mentions that
he beholds

.
. . steep and lofty cliffs,

That on a wild secluded scene
impress

Thoughts of more deep
seclusion . . . (italics
added)

The italicized phrase
suggests spiritual strength.  Later, the speaker remarks that even when he has been
distant from this beautiful landscape itself, memories of the landscape have nonetheless
nourished him spiritually (25-30).  Such memories and thoughts, he further remarks,
also

. . .
have no slight or trivial influence

On that best portion of
a good man’s
life,

His little, nameless, unremembered,
acts

Of kindness and of love.  . . .
(33-35; italics added)

The
italicized phrases here suggest the positive impact of nature’s moral or ethical
influence.  Meanwhile, the beneficent spiritual impact of nature is implied once more in
lines 35-49.

In lines 49-57, the positive spiritual
influence of nature is discussed again, and the same impact is also implied in lines
58-67.  In lines 67-85, the speaker remembers his early youth, when nature itself was a
sufficient source of pleasure, although there is, even here, a hint of spiritual
nourishment when he notes that at that time he derived from nature “a feeling and a
love” (80).

Beginning with line 85, the speaker once more
begins to discuss the spiritual and moral strengths nature can provide, as when he
mentions the “still, sad music of humanity” (91; italics added), in
which the italicized word may suggest both spiritual and moral
strength. Meanwhile, spiritual strengths are suggested in lines 93-102 and 107-11.  Yet
these latter lines also seem to combine spirituality and ethics, as the reference to
“all my moral being” (111), with its clear ethical emphasis,
implies.

Spiritual strength derived from nature is implied
again in such lines as 111-15, 121-34, and 137-46.

Finally,
in lines 151-55, the double references to “love” suggest both spiritual and moral
strength, so that the two themes are joined as the poem nears its
conclusion.