In comparing the poets William Blake and William Wordsworth, you come to realize that, even though the element of nature is commonly found in both of these writers works, they express this element quiet differently. Blake uses nature to show the direct connection between man and God. In his poem, The Lamb, nature is expressed using this connection between man and God quite vividly. .

             "Little lamb, who made thee? .

             Dost thou know who made thee? .

             Little lamb I'll tell thee, .

             He is called by thy name, .

             For he calls himself a Lamb:.

             I a child & thou a lamb, .

             We are called by his name. " (Blake, 335).

             You can see that these lines bring to mind the awareness of how God made nature, including both animal and humans. It was fascinating to me to see how Blake not only used the example of the lamb to show that it is one of God's creations, but also shows God himself as the creator of all things. Through this depiction, God is being shown as not only being a part of nature, but as the essence of all things pure and innocent. As the lamb is being called pure and innocent, he also refers to us, the reader, as a "child. (Blake, 335) You also realize that Blake is showing that we aren't only created by God but that we are also created in his image, for "we are called by his name. " (Blake, 335) When you take this further, you can assume that since "we " are a part of nature, then that must mean that God created nature. As a result, nature wasn't only made by God, but is also a mirror image of God. .

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             In Wordsworth's poem, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, he showed us another perspective of nature. He brilliantly illustrated the connection between nature, its sheer beauty, and man. .

             "I came among these hills; when like a roe .

             I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides .

             Of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams, .

             Wherever nature led. .

             For I have learned .

             To look on nature, not as in the hour .

             Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes .