He had an incomparable way of striking the chords of love and Nature together.
Where his lady-love dwells, 'there is love, and goodness is Nature.' He thinks of her
When the bright sunlight shimmers
Across the sea,
When the clear fountain in the moonbeam glimmers.
Thou art seductive and charming; flowers,
Sun, moon, and stars only worship thee.
There is passionate feeling for Nature in the May Song of his Sesenheimer period:
How gloriously gleameth
All Nature to me!