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Are there answer choices? If not, Just reading over this passage for the first time, It seems the narrator could be describing something very majestic, like a statue built in the ocean, of a god or something. it seems as though the narrator personifies this statue as though the statue itself is a character and has feelings, maybe even something to hide. Hope this helps!
It means he was happy and felt good in his heart. You know when you see or do something like buy your mom a gift she loves and your heart seems to feel like it is filled with happiness? That's the feeling that I believe William Wordsworth is trying to express.
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