In looking at objects of Nature while I am thinking, as at yonder moon dim-glimmering through the dewy window-pane, I seem rather to be seeking, as it were asking for, a symbolical language for something within me that already and for ever exists, than observing anything new.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Topic

The ineffable The moon Nature

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Anima Poetae

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Notebook entry. 14 Apr. 1805.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Cambridge Companion to Coleridge, edited by Lucy Newlyn. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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James Madison

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Freedom of the press

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James Madison
Language
English
Time
1800 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Madison, James. Report of 1800. Philadelphia, Jan. 1800.

Current Citation

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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Topic
Elegance of nature Birds Nature Limitations and constraints Human potential

Author

William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1793 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.