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" For I was reared
in the great city, pent with cloisters dim,
and saw naught lovely but the sky and stars.
But thou, my babe! Shalt wander like a breeze
By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags
Of ancient mountains, and beneath the clouds,
Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores
And mountain crags: so shall thou see and hear
The lovely shapes and sounds intelligible
Of that eternal language, which thy God
Utters, who from eternity doth teach
Himself in all, and al things in himself
Great universal teacher! He shall mold
Thy spirit and by giving , make it ask. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge


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Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote : For I was reared <br />in the great city, pent with cloisters dim,<br />and saw naught lovely but the sky and stars.<br />But thou, my babe! Shalt wander like a breeze<br />By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags<br />Of ancient mountains, and beneath the clouds,<br />Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores<br />And mountain crags: so shall thou see and hear<br />The lovely shapes and sounds intelligible <br />Of that eternal language, which thy God<br />Utters, who from eternity doth teach<br />Himself in all, and al things in himself<br />Great universal teacher! He shall mold<br />Thy spirit and by giving , make it ask.