Joy is the sweet voice, Joy the luminous cloud - We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Joy creates all that pleases our senses like sound and color.
- In plain terms
- Joy is the source of all beauty we hear and see.
- What can you take from it?
- Inner joy creates outer beauty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where does beauty come from?
- How does joy affect you?
Another view
It assumes all beauty comes from joy.
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