Who said “Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism,…”?

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A published source records them saying or writing it.

Source"Fears in Solitude", l. 81 (1798)

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“Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, ''Where is it?''”
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Coleridge, S. T. (n.d.). Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, ''Where is it?'' [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7454-forth-from-his-dark-and-lonely-hiding-place/

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, ''Where is it?''” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7454-forth-from-his-dark-and-lonely-hiding-place/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, ''Where is it?''” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7454-forth-from-his-dark-and-lonely-hiding-place/.

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