After these personal thoughts, the poet then turns to his "dear Friend" and compares Dorothy's experience of the title location to his own.
In one part of this poem, the poet proffers the idea that the mind is a partial source of what humans perceive, writing "of all the mighty world / Of eye, and ear, --both what they half create / and what perceive." This interplay is central to what the poet understands is his guide to his moral being. Prior to this, the poet examines his memories, "with gleams of half extinguished thought" and thinks of himself "like a roe" walking among the mountains. After these personal thoughts, the poet then turns to his "dear Friend" and compares Dorothy's experience of the title location to his own. FTP, identify this 1708 work, a poem reflecting on the ruins of the titular location on the banks of the Wye, by William Wordsworth.
In one part of this poem, the poet proffers the idea that the mind is a partial source of what humans perceive, writing "of all the mighty world /
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798