The Prelude: Parallel Text Edition Book

He cleared a passage for me, and the stream
In wholesome separation the two natures,
The one that feels, the other that observes.

2.5 stars. This was a tandem read with ATJG. There were torrents of bubbly moments of exhilaration but much too much clawing and climbing. Wordsworth embraces Nature, and this epic embarks on a quest of Becoming.

Finding himself splattered and besmirched with stains of human folly, Wordsworth pursues the path which leads to an actualization-- one without an embrace of either shame or decadence.

Not sure I find that interesting.

After the mountain of Milton references, I thought homage is a generous act, though this struck me at times as a benediction.