 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 Personae - Page 71by Robert Browning - 1864 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 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 - 276 pages
...think, had I painted the whole, Why, there it had stood, to see, nor the process so wonder-worth : Had I written the same, made verse — still, effect...Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is naught ; It is everywhere in the world, — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 pages
...think, had I painted the whole, Why, there it had stood, to see, nor the process so wonder-worth : Had I written the same, made verse — still, effect...Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is naught ; It is everywhere in the world, — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - Women authors - 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 - 1883 - 308 pages
...are fair, ye hear how the tale is told ; It is all triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws, VII. But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will...Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is naught ; It is everywhere in the world, — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I... | |
 | Browning Society (London, England) - 1885 - 466 pages
...triumphant art, hut 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 that ear., Existent behind all laws : that made them, and lo, they arc t And I know not if, save in this,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1886 - 626 pages
...still, effect proceeds from cause, Ye know why the forms are fair, ye hear how the tale is told ; (t is all triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws....Consider it well : each tone of our scale in itself is naught ; It is everywhere in the world, — loud, soft, and all is said: Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
 | Robert Browning, Hiram Corson - 1886 - 398 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 naught ; It is everywhere in the world — loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - American poetry - 1886 - 752 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 naught ; It is everywhere in the world— loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I mix... | |
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