“ The soul of man is audible, not visible. A sound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain, invisible to man! ”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839). copy citation
| Author | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| Source | Hyperion |
| Topic | fountain invisible |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5436/5436-h/5436-h.htm |
Context
“and the heart of man is written uponhis countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice; and in a voice from the burning bush. The soul of man is audible, not visible. A sound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain, invisible to man!
Flemming would fain have sat and listened for hours to the sound of that unknown voice. He felt sure, in his secret heart, that the being from whom it came was beautiful. His imagination filled up the faint outline, which the eye beheld in the fading twilight, and the figure stood already in his mind, like Raphael's beautiful Madonna in the Dresden gallery.”
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