 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 - Page 83de Robert Browning - 1864Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1912 - 666 pages
...sense-perceptions, he has found for us the classical expression : — I know not if, save in this, such power be allowed to man, That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star. Xor, surely, will time ever abrogate anything of the value to the world of those love poems which were... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 pages
...praised as its wish flowed visibly forth, All through music and me ! For think, had I painted the whole, Had I written the same, made verse — still, effect...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 - 1864 - 268 pages
...through music and me! For think, had I painted the whole, Had I written the same, made verse—still, effect proceeds from cause, Ye know why the forms...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 it... | |
 | Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1873 - 262 pages
...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... | |
 | Songs - 1874 - 252 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...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... | |
 | 1876 - 606 pages
...effect proceeds from cause ' : — ' Ye know why the forms are fair, ye hear how the tale is told ; 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... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - 1876 - 426 pages
...improvise like a master. I was thinking of Browning's beautiful lines, put into the mouth of Abt Vogler : " 'But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...behind all laws, that made them, and lo, they are 1 And I know not if, save in this, such a gift be allowed to man. That out of three sounds he frame,... | |
 | Browning Society (London, England) - 1881 - 610 pages
...noticed this element of miracle, which coincides exactly with Browning's view expressed in the linos : " Here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that...behind all laws, that made them, and, lo, they are ! " Now, these seven verses contain the music of the poem ; ir» the remaining ones we pass on to Browning's... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1884 - 308 pages
...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... | |
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