WorkNovalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg)
Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg) (1772–1801) · 1800
InferredFuller explicitly attributes these lines to Novalis but immediately qualifies: "Might these be the right lines.
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Documented 1845
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No datable encounters with Novalis (von Hardenberg, Georg Philipp Friedrich) have been catalogued yet.
“As says Novalis / No angel can ascend to heaven / till the whole heart has fallen / to the earth in ashes. / Might these be the right lines. I cannot remember what they are.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
Inferred Fuller explicitly attributes these lines to Novalis but immediately qualifies: "Might these be the right lines.
“As says Novalis: / No angel can ascend to heaven / Till the whole heart has fallen to the earth in ashes. / Might these be the right lines? I cannot remember what they are.”
Fuller, Margaret. Love-Letters of Margaret Fuller, 1845-1846. With an introduction by Julia Ward Howe. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903.
Inferred An exact verbatim match was not found in Hymnen an die Nacht (1800) or in standard collections of Novalis's Fragmente.
Fuller explicitly attributes these lines to Novalis, noting "Might these be the right lines?