The Prelude - Wordsworth

  THE PRELUDE   De Quincy was quite justified when he said;   “Wordsworth had his passion for nature fixed in his blood, it was a necessity of his being like that of a mulberry leaf to the silkworm and through his commerce with nature, did he love and breath.”    Hence, it was from the truth of his love that his knowledge grew. It was his love of nature that led him to the love of man. In the words of Peter;   “Wordsworth approached the spectacle of human life through nature.”    Let man react his sensibilities to the beauty of sun set, the quite dark night, the fragrance of flowers, the calm strength of mountains and the freshness of vernal woods, and he will be possessed of peace that would lend a new colour to his life. This thought is in all that Wordsworth writes. He called nature;   “The nurse, the guide, the guardian of my heart and soul of all my moral being.”    Herbert Read says;   “The poetry of Wordsworth is heavily surcharged with the person