▁God ' s ▁presence . ▁However , ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁aspect ▁is ▁dominant ▁and ▁the ▁individual ▁must ▁go ▁out ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁help ▁human ity . ▁Nature ▁can ▁be ▁so othing , ▁but ▁the ▁narr ator ▁must ▁reject ▁the ▁E den ic ▁quality ▁of ▁nature ▁because ▁such ▁a ▁state ▁is ▁not ▁yet ▁appropriate . ▁The ▁E den ic ▁imag ery ▁figures ▁into ▁many ▁of ▁Col er idge ' s ▁po ems ▁and ▁is ▁rein for ced ▁with ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁my rt le ▁trees ▁and ▁takes ▁on ▁many ▁forms ▁within ▁his ▁poetry . ▁In ▁Ref lections , ▁to ▁dwell ▁in ▁an ▁E den ic ▁state ▁is ▁a ▁parad ise ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁narr ator ▁leaves ▁volunt arily ▁because ▁he ▁cannot ▁ignore ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁like ▁a ▁cow ard . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁individual ▁is ▁comp elled ▁to ▁join ▁with ▁human ity ▁and ▁even ▁the ▁lowest ▁form ▁of ▁benef iting ▁human ity ▁is ▁superior ▁to ▁doing ▁nothing ▁at ▁all . ▁ ▁The ▁image ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁other ▁them es ▁re app ears ▁in ▁F ears ▁in ▁Sol itude ▁( 1 7 9 8 ). ▁The ▁later ▁poem ▁recre ates ▁the ▁" Val ley ▁of ▁Sec l usion " ▁image ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁dell . ▁Even ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁passer by ▁looking ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁c ott age ▁found ▁in ▁Ref lection ▁is ▁repeated . ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁comp ulsion ▁to ▁enter ▁into ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁help ▁human ity ▁is ▁included , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁alter ed ▁from ▁being