 mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores And...  Poems: Vol. I. - Page 145by Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Michael Alexander - History - 2007 - 348 pages
...signifies. In this he is the heir of the Coleridge who in 'Frost at Midnight' had prayed for his baby son: so shalt thou see and hear The lovely shapes and sounds...doth teach Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal Teacher! He shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask.26 Coleridge called his... | |
 | Adam Sisman - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 540 pages
...and beneath the clouds, Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores And mountain crags: so shall thou see and hear The lovely shapes and sounds intelligible...doth teach Himself in all, and all things in himself. Coleridge is imagining a life for his child in Wordsworth's country. The figure of Hartley would recur... | |
 | Annie Merrill Ingram - Nature - 2007 - 289 pages
...based on a particularized familiarity with the natural world. Like Wordsworth, Hartley shall . . . see and hear The lovely shapes and sounds intelligible...doth teach Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal Teacher! he shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask. (l1. 58-64) Hartley's... | |
 | Daniel E. White - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 27 pages
...poet translates the skylark's song for his beloved, "Frost at Midnight" is an extended translation of "that eternal language, which thy God / Utters,...teach / Himself in all, and all things in himself" (lines 60-62). "Frost at Midnight" maintains the community and language of retirement imagined three... | |
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