 | Salman Rushdie - 2011 - 448 Seiten
...the Soul, that Drop, that Ray Of the dear Fountain of Etemal Day, Could it within the humane flow' r be seen, Remembering still its former height, Shuns...recollecting its own Light, Does, in its pure and cirding thoughts, express The greater Heaven in an Heaven less. Epifania, most severe and least forgiving... | |
 | Virginia Graham - 1996 - 260 Seiten
...warm sun pities its pain, And to the skies exhale it back again. So the soul, that drop, that ray 20 Of the clear fountain of eternal day, Could it within...seen, Remembering still its former height, Shuns the swart leaves and blossoms green; And, recollecting its own light, 25 Does, in its pure and circling... | |
 | John Matthews - 1999 - 292 Seiten
...Trembling lest it grow impure: Till the warm Sun pitty it's Pain, And ro the Skies exhale it back again. So the Soul, that Drop, that Ray Of the clear Fountain of Eternal Day, Could it within the humane flow'r be seen, Remembring still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green;... | |
 | Subarno Chattarji - 2001 - 272 Seiten
...beauty. The epigraph to the poem, from Andrew Marvell's 'On a Drop of Dew', emphasizes this context: So the Soul, that Drop, that Ray Of the clear Fountain of Eternal Day, Could it within the humane flow'r be seen.44 The poem entwines the lives of people with the pastoral which throws into... | |
 | Barbara A. Murray - 2001 - 316 Seiten
...native element. / How it the purple flow'r does slight, / ... So the soul, that drop, that ray / . . . Does, in its pure and circling thoughts, express / The greater heaven in an heaven less". Andrew Marvell, "On a Drop of Dew," in Elizabeth Story Donno, ed., Andrew Marvell,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 2002 - 100 Seiten
...warm sun pity its pain, And to the skies exhale it back again. So the soul, that drop, that ray 20 Of the clear fountain of eternal day, Could it within the human flower be seen, 22 Remembering still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green; And, recollecting... | |
 | Robert Blaisdell - 2003 - 116 Seiten
...Trembling, lest it grow impure; Till the warm sun pity its pain. And to the skies exhale it back again. So the soul, that drop, that ray Of the clear fountain of eternal dav (Could it within the human flower be seen). Remembering still its former height, Shuns the sweet... | |
 | Ruth Aronson Berman - 2004 - 332 Seiten
...Trembling lest it grow impure: Till the warm Sun pitty it's Pain, And to the Skies exhale it back again. So the Soul, that Drop, that Ray Of the clear Fountain of Eternal Day, 20 Could it within the humane flow'r be seen, Remembring still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves... | |
 | Douglas McMullen, Jr., Princeton Review - 2004 - 230 Seiten
...warm sun pity its pain, And to the skies exhale it back again. So the soul, that drop, that ray (20) Of the clear fountain of eternal day, Could it within the human flow'r be seen, Remembering still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green, (25)... | |
 | Barbara A. Murray - 2005 - 658 Seiten
...native element. / How it the purple flow'r does slight, / ... So the soul, that drop, that ray /... Does, in its pure and circling thoughts, express / The greater heaven in an heaven less", from Andrew Marvell "On a Drop of Dew" in Elizabeth Story Donno, ed., Andrew Marvell,... | |
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So the soul, that drop, that ray Of the clear fountain of eternal day, Could it within the human flower be seen, Remembering still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green; And, recollecting its own light, Does, in its pure and circling... 
