...ever-anxious crowd, 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...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 ! What, and...

...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...

...ever-anxious crowd, 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...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...

...his dialogue with what now 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...

...ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth, A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud 55 Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself...element! v. O pure of heart! thou need'st not ask of me 60 What this strong music in the soul may be! What, and wherein it doth exist, 41 smothering] smoth'ring...

...the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — 55 And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet...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...

...issue 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...

...cold world allowed Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself...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...

...ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself...own birth. Of all sweet sounds the life and element. And this re-animation of Nature was possible because the imagination was felt as creative in the full...

..."Dejection" ode: Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself...own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! (ll. 53-58) There is a parallel once more between visual and acoustical phenomena, and with respect...