Those Words Were Uttered as in Pensive Mood
Those Words Were Uttered as in Pensive Mood - meaning Summary
Mind Seeks Enduring Things
Wordsworth moves from a fleeting, pensive reaction to natural beauty to a clear assertion that such sights, however lovely, should not disparage human needs. He rejects lingering on an unstable, dreamlike impression and argues that the "immortal Mind" longs for lasting objects and relationships. Those enduring objects engage the mind in secure fellowship; transient beauties cannot replace what cleaves to human consciousness and sustains it.
Read Complete AnalysesTHOSE words were uttered as in pensive mood We turned, departing from that solemn sight: A contrast and reproach to gross delight, And life's unspiritual pleasures daily wooed! But now upon this thought I cannot brood; It is unstable as a dream of night; Nor will I praise a cloud, however bright, Disparaging Man's gifts, and proper food. Grove, isle, with every shape of sky-built dome, Though clad in colours beautiful and pure, Find in the heart of man no natural home: The immortal Mind craves objects that endure: These cleave to it; from these it cannot roam, Nor they from it: their fellowship is secure.
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