But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that can, . Existent behind all laws, that made them and, lo, they are? And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man, That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star. Dramatis personæ [poems]. Author's ed - Pàgina 83per Robert Browning - 1864Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Browning Society (London, England) - 1889 - 218 pàgines
...extraction, troubled in spirit because of her non-comprehension of the " star " simile in the line — "That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound but a star" — an artist, and a musician. " But why did he s.iy a star I " persisted the lady, turning to mo.... | |
| Alexander Mair - 1889 - 432 pàgines
...of power, or sets it free to flow from the invisible into the visible sphere, leading men to say, ' Here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that can ' ? But perhaps, after all, it is more modest and safe to say that we cannot tell how the end is accomplished... | |
| Robert Browning - 1890 - 344 pàgines
...art, but art in obedience to laws, Painter and poet are proud in the artist-list enrolled :— VII. But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is nought ; It is everywhere in the world — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
| Robert Browning - 1890 - 330 pàgines
...triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws, Painter and poet are proud in the artist-list enrolled: — But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...Consider it well: each tone of our scale in itself is nought; It is everywhere in the world — loud, soft, and all is said: Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
| Joseph Forster - 1890 - 162 pàgines
...triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws, Painter and poet are proud in the artist list enrolled ;— But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...lo, they are ! And I know not if, save in this, such a gift be allowed to man, That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star. Consider... | |
| Joseph Forster - 1890 - 160 pàgines
...triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws, Painter and poet are proud in the artist list enrolled ; — But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...lo, they are ! And I know not if, save in this, such a gift be allowed to man, That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star. Consider... | |
| 1890 - 276 pàgines
...the world To spirits folded in the womb. From " Abt Vogler " :— " But here is the finger of Godt a flash of the will that can, Existent behind all laws: that made them, and, lo, they arel And I know not if, save in this, such gifts be allowed to man. That out of three sounds he frame,... | |
| Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1909 - 586 pàgines
...swelled until the heavens bent down and fused with it. ' ' ' Here is the finger of God ' he cries, — ' a flash of the will that can, Existent behind all laws, that made them and, lo, they are ! Therefore, to whom turn I but to thee, the ineffable Name ? Builder and maker, thou, of houses not... | |
| Robert Browning - 1892 - 466 pàgines
...art, but art in obedience to laws, Painter and poet are proud in the artist-list enrolled : — vn. But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is nought ; It is everywhere in the world — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1892 - 610 pàgines
...the wonderful results he produces except this one simple, yet fathomless one of personality, — " Here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that...behind all laws that made them, and, lo ! they are !" You may say, as did Newton of himself, that "genius is only a great power of taking pains"; but... | |
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