And what if all of animated nature Be but organic Harps diversely fram'd, That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze, At once the Soul of each, and God of all?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Eolian Harp; Exact wording and attribution checked. Original poem in E. H. Coleridge’s 1912 scholarly edition; editorial line numbers and italic markers omitted.
- The Eolian Harp
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