Quote#Politics & Power
O! the one Life, within us and abroad
Quote bySamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1772–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Eolian Harp", st. 2 (wr. 1795; pub. 1796).
English (original)
O! the one Life, within us and abroad, Which meets all Motion, and becomes its soul, A Light in Sound, a sound-like power in Light, Rhythm in all Thought, and Joyance every where.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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