...note on the Introduction ; also Witch of Atlas, xii, and for her ' crystal bowl," Ixix ff. XII. 425-6. The presence of that Shape which on the stream Moved, as I moved along the wilderness. We have not heard of this ' wilderness ' till now. The first thought of a reader will probably be that...

...dear lament The Brescian shepherd breathes, or the caress That tnrned his weary slumber to Content ; So knew I in that light's severe excess The presence of that Shape . . . (The Triumph of Life 416 — 425.) Variation des Mondeslieds an die Erde in Prometheus IV 485...

...began it In that star's smile, whose light is like the scent Of a jonquil when evening breezes fan it, So knew I, in that Light's severe excess The presence...wilderness More dimly than a day-appearing dream, A light of heaven The new Vision, and, the cold, bright car With solemn speed and stunning music crost...

...dear lament The Brescian shepherd breathes, or the caress That turned his weary slumber to content; ' So knew I in that light's severe excess The presence...the stream Moved, as I moved along the wilderness, 296 ' More dimly than a day -appearing dream, The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep ; A light of heaven,...

...extinguishing the first fair Shape. Almost, but not quite : he feels her presence beside him still, although More dimly than a day-appearing dream, The ghost of...to weep Glimmers, for ever sought, for ever lost. (427-31.) These lines alone would, I think, entitle us to feel that the ' Shape all light ' represents...

...glimmer; . . . (11. 29-33, emphasis added) 10 and then again, later on, now with Rousseau on stage: The presence of that shape which on the stream Moved,...as I moved along the wilderness, More dimly than a day appearing dream, The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep, A light from Heaven whose half extinguished...

...from a punctual action, determined in time by a violent act of power, to the gliding, suspended motion "of that shape which on the stream/ Moved, as I moved along the wilderness" (ll. 425-26) is the same motion inherent in the title of the poem. As has been pointed out by several...

...appearing dream, The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep, A light from Heaven whose half extinguished beam Through the sick day in which we wake to weep Glimmers, forever sought, forever lost.— So did that shape its obscure tenour keep. . . . (lI. 425-32, emphasis...

...light As veil by veil the silent splendour drops From Lucifer, amid the chrysolite "Of sunrise. . . . "So knew I in that light's severe excess The presence...as I moved along the wilderness, "More dimly than a day appearing dream, The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep, A light from Heaven whose half extinguished...

...light As veil by veil the silent splendour drops From Lucifer, amid the chrysolite "Of sunrise. . . . "So knew I in that light's severe excess The presence...as I moved along the wilderness, "More dimly than a day appearing dream, The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep, A light from Heaven whose half extinguished...