Intimations of Immortality Quotes
“The Rainbow comes and goes,Explanation: This line represents the transient beauty of nature and its fleeting moments of glory.And lovely is the Rose”.
“Mighty Prophet! Seer blest!Explanation: The line means that the prophet (child) is a blessed visionary who holds divine truths.On whom those truths do rest”.
Explanation: This line suggests that the speaker views childhood as when a person’s primary purpose is to imitate and learn from the world around them.“As if his whole vocation
Were endless imitations.”
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?Explanation: In these lines, the poet laments the loss of childhood wonder and innocence. He questions where it has gone.Where is it now, the glory and the dream?