Ability to recall on the beautiful scenery
‘These beauteous forms,/ Though a long absence, have not been to me/ As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye:’
The process of remembering is a healing, tranquil pleasure
‘sensations sweet,/ Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;/ And passing into my purer mind,/ With tranquil restoration:’
His inner eye’s involvement - his poetic sensibility - his creativity
‘Of eye, and ear, - both what they half create,/ And what they half perceive;’
Memory as a reliance - a bank of joyful experiences
‘Thy memory be as a dwelling – place/ For all sweet sounds and harmonies;’