1. The Romantic Imagination
... , it is the "operations of the elements and the appearances of the visible universe" that initially direct the speakers attention toward the sky. Once the sun has set, the speaker notes "Tis now the hour / When Contemplation / Moves forward; and with radiant finger points / To yon blue concave swelld by breath divine" (18, 24-25). In response the "unsteady eye" of ... , "At this still hour the self-collected soul / Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there / Of high descent, / and more than mortal rank; / An embryo God; a spark of fire divine" (53-56). The words "embryo God" and a "spark...
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- Approx Pages: 14
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate