WorkWilliam Wordsworth

“On the Power of Sound”

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

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Documented 1846

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  • undatedStanzas on the Power of SoundDemonstrated

    “By one pervading spirit Of tones and numbers all things are controlled... Wordsworth. Stanzas on the power of sound.”

    Papers on Literature and Art

    Substantial ~11-line verbatim quotation of Wordsworth's 'Stanzas on the Power of Sound'.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York
VI. Europe1record
✦. Memoirs (1852)
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Papers on Literature and Art

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“By one pervading spirit / Of tones and numbers all things are controlled, / As sages taught where faith was found to merit / Initiation in that mystery old." Wordsworth.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.