 Some say that gleams of a remoter world Visit the soul in sleep, — that death is slumber, And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber Of those who wake and live.— I look on high ; Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled The veil of life and death...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 4181818Full view - About this book
 | Susan Tyler Hitchcock - 2007 - 412 pages
...thro* his stony veins." From these visions Shelley composed "Mont Blanc," one of his greatest poems. "Some say that gleams of a remoter world / Visit the soul in sleep," it read. The physical details of this landscape and the fear and awe it evoked bombarded Mary's consciousness.... | |
 | Sally West - 2007 - 222 pages
...establish a speculative, questioning tone which is maintained throughout this section of the poem: 'Some say that gleams of a remoter world/ Visit the soul in sleep...'. Jonathan Wordsworth suggests that the tone recalls Coleridge's 'Eolian Harp', 'And what if all of animated... | |
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