...in was a sainted shrine, 590 Her chamber-window did surpass in glory [45] The portals of the East, all paradise Could by the simple opening of a door Let itself in upon him, pathways, walks, Swarm'd with enchantment till his spirit sank [49] 595 Beneath the burthen, overbless'd...

...Vaudracour's love for Julia, Wordsworth says, "he beheld / A vision, and he loved the thing he saw ... all paradise / Could by the simple opening of a door/ Let itself in upon him" (IX, 582-83, 591-93). Walcott's aesthetic identity, like Wordsworth's, takes shape not only through...

...she dwelt in was a sainted shrine, Her chamber-window did surpass in glory The portals of the east, all paradise Could by the simple opening of a door Let itself in upon him .... (IX.556-59, 582-93) Whenever Wordsworth uses "Oriental" diction like this, invoking Arabia, India,...

...she dwelt in was a sainted shrine ; Her chamber-window did surpass in glory The portals of the dawn j all paradise Could by the simple opening of a door Let itself in upon him." At a later day, Anne would have pertubations of her own. Love has its distrust. From that window she...

...she dwelt in was a sainted shrine; Her chamber-window did surpass in glory The portals of the dawn; all paradise Could, by the simple opening of a door, Let itself in upon him: — pathways, walks, Swarmed with enchantment, till his spirit sank, Surcharged, within him, overblest...