 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud , Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! 0 pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What, and... | |
 | Thomas Krusche - Idealism - 1987 - 384 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!71 b) Die Unterscheidung zwischen Vernunft und Verstand als Grundlage allen Philosophierens... | |
 | Hugh J. Silverman, Donn Welton - Philosophy - 1988 - 272 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! 4 And recall William James's eminently sober account of the complicity of idealization and the voice.... | |
 | Russell B. Goodman - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 182 pages
...her shroud! . . . from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud ... A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth. Of all sweet sounds the life and element! But even here nature is separate: We give it life, not existence. Later in the poem, Coleridge offers... | |
 | 1992 - 312 pages
...issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! (11. 47-58) This may sound like a parallel case to Wordsworth's "the eye altering alters all," but... | |
 | Susan Eilenberg - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 302 pages
...he only gazes at " — and with how blank an eye!" Though he argues that "from the soul itself must there be sent / A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth," the priority of the internally generated voice is uncertain; the poet still yearns for the "wonted... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 268 pages
...forth, A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud 55 Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! v. O pure of heart! thou need'st not ask of me 60 What this strong music in the soul may be! What,... | |
 | Willard Spiegelman - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 234 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — 55 And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! O pure of heart! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be! 60 What, and... | |
 | Warren Stevenson - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 166 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth— And from the soul it self must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! (47-58) Nature (feminine) is contained by the "wedding garment" (or "shroud") of the soul, which, insofar... | |
 | Antony H. Harrison - History - 1998 - 212 pages
...forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! In such poems the speaker's alienation from nature reflects his sense of unfulfillment and joylessness... | |
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Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! 
