The world has beauty but his heart cannot see it as before So Wordsworth says nbsp The things which I have seen I now can see no more nbsp Childhood innocence is gone This loss creates sadness and emptiness in his mind nbsp Loss of Heavenly Light Visionary Gleam Another loss is the loss of the visionary gleam This gleam was a special light that he saw during Childhood It helped him feel that the world had hidden meaning He once felt a spiritual glory in the mountains valleys rivers and May mornings The natural world felt like a dream But as he grew older this bright spiritual feeling disappeared He says nbsp There hath past away a glory from the earth nbsp He notices that joy around him remains but the inner light is gone Even when he sees birds singing or lambs dancing he feels a shadow inside The bright sense of mystery no longer guides him This makes him question nbsp Whither is fled the visionary gleam Where is it now nbsp Loss of Spiritual Connection Wordsworth believed that children are close to heaven God He says that the Soul comes from God with a holy glow Infancy is full of heavenly joy But as the boy grows the prison house of the world slowly closes around him When he becomes a Youth and later a Man the spiritual light weakens The deep link with his heavenly home grows faint The man can only see the ordinary world not the spiritual beauty behind it This break in spiritual connection is another painful loss nbsp Recompense through Nature s Memory After speaking of loss Wordsworth shows how Nature gives something back Nature stores memories of Childhood When Wordsworth sees meadows hills groves lambs birds and morning light he feels a soft return of early joy These memories calm his heart Nature s gentle power reminds him that Childhood happiness was real and still lives inside him This memory acts like healing medicine nbsp Recompense through Philosophic Mind Growing older brings wisdom This wisdom is another form of recompense to Wordsworth He understands that life has sorrow but sorrow also teaches deep lessons His mind becomes calm and thoughtful He gains sympathy for others He sees beauty in a deeper way His philosophic mind helps him accept change It gives him peace that Childhood innocence could not give He can look at flowers clouds and people with mature love This mature understanding is a rich reward nbsp Recompense through Immortality of the Soul The greatest recompense is the belief in the Soul s immortality Wordsworth believes that the Soul comes from God and will return to God He says nbsp But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home nbsp This belief gives him hope It means that nothing beautiful is truly lost Childhood joy may fade but the Soul carries a higher joy In quiet moments the Soul can still feel a link to the heavenly world The Soul can rise above sorrow and find peace in eternal truth nbsp Wordsworth loses Childhood innocence the bright gleam and his early spiritual joy Yet Nature gives memories age gives wisdom and the Soul gives lasting hope Through loss he finds deeper strength Now even a small flower can touch his heart with silent powerful thoughts