the verse "i, standing on this pleasant lea, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn", reveals wordsworth's perception of himself in society: a visionary romantic more in touch with nature than his contemporaries. the speaker would rather be a pagan who worships an outdated religion so that when he gazes out on the ocean (as he's doing now), he might feel less sad. if he were a pagan, he would have glimpses of the great green meadows that would make him less dejected. he'd see wild mythological gods like a proteus, who can take many shapes, and triton, who can soothe the howling sea waves.