O ! the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light, Rhythm in all thought, and joyance everywhere... The Quarterly review - Page 121834Full view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1803 - 228 pages
...the long sequacious notes Over delicious surges sink and rise, Such a soft floating witchery of sound Methinks, it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a World like this, Where e'en the Breezes of the simple Air Possess the power and Spirit of Melody ! And thus,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...: for livery r. living. 15 : for once more r. thou too. 176 : from the 9th line r. as follows: O ! the one Life, within us and abroad, Which meets all...power in Light, Rhythm in all Thought, and Joyance every where — Methinks, it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a world so fill'd,... | |
| 1857 - 878 pages
...-knowing but one beginning and ending, and that in God. Thus Coleridge in this sense bursts forth — " 0 the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound like power in light, Rhythm in all thought, and joyance everywhere ; — Methinks it should have... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...soul, A Light in Sound, a sound-like power in Light, Rhythm in all Thought, and Joyance every where — Methinks, it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a world so fill'd, Where the breeze warbles and the mute still Air Is Music slumbering on its instrument ! And... | |
| 1825 - 448 pages
...that spiritual — that indefinable enjoyment which tempts one to exclaim with Coleridge. "Metbinks it should have been impossible "Not to love all things in a world like this, Where even the breezes and the common air Contain the power and spirit of harmony." Hail... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...flowers, Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise, Nor pause, nor perch, hovering on untamed wing ! O the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all...power in light Rhythm in all thought, and joyance every where — Methinks, it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a world so filled;... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1828 - 416 pages
...prime, when nature seemed to announce her mysteries ; for it was at such an hour that the poet sung, " Methinks it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a world like this, Where even the breezes and the common air Contain the power and spirit of harmony *." Coleridge.... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...flowers. Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise, Nor pause, nor perch, hovering on untamed wing! 0! the one life, within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its i light in sound, a sound-like power in light, Rhythm in all thought and joyance everywhere — Methinks,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...flower«, Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise, Nor pause, nor perch, hovering on untamed wing! 0 ii .-i birth The wilderness of this Elysian earth....wanderings, far aloft, lit ill. clear golden prime every where — Methinks, it should Ьате been impossible Not to lovtf all things in a world so... | |
| 1829 - 558 pages
...flowers Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise, Nor pause, nor perch, hovering on untam'd wing ! O the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all...power in light, Rhythm in all thought, and joyance every where — Methinks it should have been impossible Not to love all things in a world so fill'd... | |
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