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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Vol I.PREFACE The aim and purport of this edition of the _Poetical Works_ of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to provide the general reader with an authoritative list of the poems

109 [1] Yes] My MS., L. R. [2] Since] When G. M. which] that MS., L. R. our] your M. P., Essays, &c. [3] Ah! give me the sabre [[*Falchion*]] that [which L. R.] MS., Essays, &c. [5] O despise MS., L. R., Essays, &c. [7] march] move MS., L. R. [8] would] could 2024-4-23
108 SOUTHEY'S _Hymn to the Penates_.LINENOTES: [3] _surging_] _surging_ M. P.[4] Heavily] Wearily MS. Letter.[6] heaves] mov'd MS. Letter.[8] a] an all editions to 1834.[9] breeze] gale MS. Letter.[11] waterfall] waterbreak MS. Letter.[12] 'mid 2024-4-23
105 THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column; In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.? 1799.ON A CATARACT[308:1]FROM A CAVERN NEAR THE SUMMIT OF A MOUNTAIN PRECIPICE STROPHE Unperis.h. 2024-4-23
104 FOOTNOTES: [304:1] First published in _Memoirs of W. Wordsworth_, 1851, i. 139-41: reprinted in _Life_ by Prof. Knight, 1889, i. 185. First collected as a whole in _P. W._ [ed. T. Ashe], 1885. lines 30-6, 'O what a life is the eye', &c., were fi 2024-4-23
103 [302:1] According to the common superst.i.tion there are two ways of fighting with the Devil. You may cut him in half with a straw, or he will vanish if you spit over his horns with a fasting spittle. _Note by S. T. C. in M. P._ According to the superst.i 2024-4-23
102 The frighted beast scamper'd about-- Plunge! through the hedge he drove: 20 The mob pursue with hideous rout, A bull-dog fastens on his snout; 'He gores the dog! his tongue hangs out!He's mad, he's mad, by Jove!'V 'STOP, NEIG 2024-4-23
101 In the summer of the year 1797[295:2], the Author, then in ill health, had retired to a lonely farm-house between Porlock and Linton, on the Exmoor confines of Somerset and Devons.h.i.+re.In consequence of a slight indisposition, an anodyne had been presc 2024-4-23
100 TO ----[292:1]I mix in life, and labour to seem free, With common persons pleas'd and common things, While every thought and action tends to thee, And every impulse from thy influence springs.? 1798.FOOTNOTES: [292:1] First published without t.i.tle 2024-4-23
99 THE WANDERINGS OF CAIN[285:1]PREFATORY NOTE A prose composition, one not in metre at least, seems _prima facie_ to require explanation or apology. It was written in the year 1798, near Nether Stowey, in Somersets.h.i.+re, at which place (_sanctum et amabi 2024-4-23
98 He sat upright; and ere the dream 530 Had had time to depart, 'O G.o.d, forgive me!' (he exclaimed) 'I have torn out her heart.'Then Ellen shrieked, and forthwith burst Into ungentle laughter; 535 And Mary s.h.i.+vered, where she sat, 2024-4-23
107 LINENOTES: [1] called] _call'd_ MS. Letter, 1799.[3] its] the MS. letter, 1799.[4] bow'd and went without demur MS. Letter, 1799.SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL[313:1]WRITTEN IN GERMANY If I had but two little wings And were a little feathe 2024-4-23
106 ? 1799.FOOTNOTES: [309:1] First published in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817: included in 1828, 1829, and 1834. For the original (_Bei Wilhelm Tells Geburtsstatte im Kanton Uri_) by Count F. L. s...o...b..rg see Appendices of this edition.There is no evidence as 2024-4-23
97 There was a hurry in her looks, Her struggles she redoubled: 345 'It was a wicked woman's curse, And why should I be troubled?'These tears will come--I dandled her When 'twas the merest fairy-- Good creature! and she hid it all: 350 Sh 2024-4-23
96 As Edward led his bride away And hurried to the door, The ruthless mother springing forth Stopped midway on the floor.What did she mean? What did she mean? 180 For with a smile she cried: 'Unblest ye shall not pa.s.s my door, The bride-groom and his 2024-4-23
95 [PART I--FROM MS.]Beneath this thorn when I was young, This thorn that blooms so sweet, We loved to stretch our lazy limbs In summer's noon-tide heat.And hither too the old man came, 5 The maiden and her feer, 'Then tell me, s.e.xton, tell me wh 2024-4-23
94 [183] couldst thou be 1802: shouldst thou be 1809.[184-5]To me who from thy brooks and mountain-hills, Thy quiet fields, thy clouds, thy rocks, thy seas 1802.To me who from thy seas and rocky sh.o.r.es Thy quiet fields thy streams and wooded hills 1809.[2 2024-4-23
93 MS. D. [53-9] Meanwhile at home We have been drinking with a riotous thirst. Pollutions from the br.i.m.m.i.n.g cup of wealth A selfish, lewd, effeminated race. MS. W., 4{o}, P. R. [Lines 54-8 of the text were added in Sibylline Leaves, 1817.] [69] know] 2024-4-23
92 And pity dwells in LEWTI'S breast Alas! if I knew how to find it.And O! how sweet it were, I wist, To see my LEWTI'S eyes to-morrow s.h.i.+ne brightly thro' as thin a mist Of pity and repentant sorrow!Nay treach'rous image! leave my mi 2024-4-23
91 FOOTNOTES: [252:1] First published in the _Morning Post_, Dec. 9, 1799, included in the _Annual Anthology_, 1800, in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1828, 1829, and 1834.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] To a Young Lady, on Her First Appearance After A Dangerous Illness. Written i 2024-4-23
90 [87] burst] break 1802. and] to B. L., _i. 194_. name] name B. L.[91] strain] pomp B. L.[92] in] on 1802.[95] Priestcraft's] priesthood's 4{o}, P. R.: superst.i.tion's B. L.[97] subtle] cherub B. L.[98]To live amid the winds and move upon t 2024-4-23
89 Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare, And shot my being through earth, sea, and air, Possessing all things with intensest love, O Liberty! my spirit felt thee there. 105 _February_, 1798.FOOTNOTES: [243:1] First published in the _Morning Post_, A 2024-4-23
88 Paul's Churchyard, 1798': included in _Poetical Register_, 1808-9 (1812): in _Fears in Solitude_, &c., printed by Law and Gilbert, (?) 1812: in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817, 1828, 1829, and 1834.[240:2] _Only that film._ In all parts of the kingdom 2024-4-23
87 [19] Four letters form his name. M. P.[20] _Both_] FAMINE M. P.[22-3]And I have spill'd the blood since then Of thrice ten hundred thousand men.M. P.[22] drunk] drank An. Anth., S. L. 1828, 1829.[24] _Both_] FIRE and FAMINE M. P.[25] Four letters for 2024-4-23
86 A WAR ECLOGUE _The Scene a desolated Tract in La Vendee. FAMINE is discovered lying on the ground; to her enter FIRE and SLAUGHTER._ _Fam._ Sisters! sisters! who sent you here?_Slau._ [_to Fire_]. I will whisper it in her ear._Fire._ No! no! no!Spirits he 2024-4-23
85 [414] thus] so MS. Letter to Poole, Feb. 1813.[418] They] And MS. W., S. T. C. (c), S. H.[419] But] And MS. W.[424-5]But neither frost nor heat nor thunder Can wholly, &c., MS. Letter to Poole, Feb. 1813.[441] tourney] Tournay MS. W., S. T. C. (c), First 2024-4-23
84 [161] And nothing else she saw thereby MS. W., S. T. C. (c), S. H.[163] niche] nitch all MSS. and First Edition.[166-9]Sweet Christabel her feet she bares, And they are creeping up the stairs, Now in glimmer, and now in gloom, MS. W., S. T. C. (c), S. H., 2024-4-23
83 [52] up] out MS. W., S. H.[54] Jesu Maria MS. W., S. T. C. (c), S. H.[58-66]A damsel bright Clad in a silken robe of white, Her neck, her feet, her arms were bare, And the jewels were tumbled in her hair.I guess, &c.MS. W.[60] om. MS. S. T. C.[61-6]Her ne 2024-4-23
82 I bade thee hence!' The bard obeyed; And turning from his own sweet maid, The aged knight, Sir Leoline, Led forth the lady Geraldine! 655 1800.THE CONCLUSION TO PART II A little child, a limber elf, Singing, dancing to itself, A fairy thing with red 2024-4-23
81 And see! the lady Christabel Gathers herself from out her trance; Her limbs relax, her countenance Grows sad and soft; the smooth thin lids Close o'er her eyes; and tears she sheds-- 315 Large tears that leave the lashes bright!And oft the while she 2024-4-23
80 Hush, beating heart of Christabel!Jesu, Maria, s.h.i.+eld her well!She folded her arms beneath her cloak, 55 And stole to the other side of the oak.What sees she there?There she sees a damsel bright, Drest in a silken robe of white, That shadowy in the mo 2024-4-23
79 PARLIAMENTARY OSCILLATORS[211:1]Almost awake? Why, what is this, and whence, O ye right loyal men, all undefiled?Sure, 'tis not possible that Common-Sense Has. .h.i.tch'd her pullies to each heavy eye-lid?Yet wherefore else that start, which dis 2024-4-23
78 [529] looked] look L. B. 1798, 1800, S. L.[533] Brown] The L. B. 1798, 1800, S. L. [for _The_ read _Brown_._Errata_, S. L. 1817, p. (xi)].[543] nor . . . nor] ne . . . ne L. B. 1798.[577] What manner man L. B. 1798, 1800.[582-5]Since then at an uncertain 2024-4-23
77 The strong wind reach'd the s.h.i.+p: it roar'd And dropp'd down like a stone!L. B. 1798.[332] nor . . . nor] ne . . . ne L. B. 1798.[Between 344-5]And I quak'd to think of my own voice How frightful it would be!L. B. 1798.[345-9] om. 2024-4-23
76 This stanza was found added in the handwriting of the Poet in the margin of a copy of the Bristol Edition [1798] of Lyrical Ballads. It is here printed for the first time. _Note P. and D. W., 1877-80, ii. 36._ [193:A] those] these _Errata, L. B. 1798_.[19 2024-4-23
75 [103] The breezes blew L. B. 1798, 1800.[104] [190:A]The furrow stream'd off free S. L. 1817.[190:A] In the former editions the line was, The furrow follow'd free: But I had not been long on board a s.h.i.+p, before I perceived that this was the 2024-4-23
74 [Sidenote: And to teach, by his own example, love and reverence to all things that G.o.d made and loveth.]Farewell, farewell! but this I tell 610 To thee, thou Wedding-Guest!He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.He prayeth best, who 2024-4-23
73 [Sidenote: And the ancient Mariner beholdeth his native country.]Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed The light-house top I see? 465 Is this the hill? is this the kirk?Is this mine own countree?We drifted o'er the harbour-bar, And I with sobs did pray-- 2024-4-23
72 And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge; And the rain poured down from one black cloud; 320 The Moon was at its edge.The thick black cloud was cleft, and still The Moon was at its side: Like waters shot from some high cra 2024-4-23
71 [Sidenote: No twilight within the[195:1] courts of the Sun.]The Sun's rim dips: the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; 200 With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.[Sidenote: At the rising of the Moon.]We listen 2024-4-23
70 [Sidenote: His s.h.i.+pmates cry out against the ancient Mariner, for killing the bird of good luck.]And I had done a h.e.l.lish thing, And it would work 'em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.Ah wretch! said the 2024-4-23
69 FOOTNOTES: [185:1] First published in the _Lyrical Ballads_, 1798, and reprinted in the _Lyrical Ballads_, 1800. First collected (as a separate poem) in _Poems_, 1893, p. 85.LINENOTES: [1] our] my _Osorio_, Act V, i. 107. 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834. man] men 2024-4-23
68 _Maria._ O my dear Mother! this strange man has left me Troubled with wilder fancies, than the moon Breeds in the love-sick maid who gazes at it, Till lost in inward vision, with wet eye 15 She gazes idly!--But that entrance, Mother!_Foster-Mother._ Can n 2024-4-23
67 Well, they are gone, and here must I remain, Lam'd by the scathe of fire, lonely and faint, This lime-tree bower my prison! They, meantime, My Friends, whom I may never meet again, On springy heath, along the hill-top edge 5 Wander delighted, and loo 2024-4-23
66 While others wish thee wise and fair, 5 A maid of spotless fame, I'll breathe this more compendious prayer-- May'st thou deserve thy name!Thy mother's name, a potent spell, That bids the Virtues hie 10 From mystic grove and living cell, Con 2024-4-23
65 LINENOTES: t.i.tle] Allegorical Lines on the Same Subject MS. Cottle.[5]When the scythes-man o'er his sheaf Caroll'd in the yellow vale MS. Cottle.When the rustic o'er his sheaf Caroll'd in, &c.1797.[_Note._ The text of Stanza ii dates 2024-4-23
64 M. P., An. Anth.[40] See she sinks MS. S. T. C.[41] Very glad was the Raven, this fate they did meet MS. S. T. C.[42-3] om. MS. S. T. C.[44] Revenge was sweet. An. Anth., MS. S. T. C., S. L. 1817, 1828, 1829.After l. 44, two lines were added in Sibylline 2024-4-23
63 Underneath an old oak tree There was of swine a huge company, That grunted as they crunched the mast: For that was ripe, and fell full fast.Then they trotted away, for the wind grew high: 5 One acorn they left, and no more might you spy.Next came a Raven, 2024-4-23
62 [91] Synod] Senate 1797, 1803. [94-102] For ever shall the b.l.o.o.d.y island scowl? For ever shall her vast and iron bow Shoot Famines evil arrows oer the world,[165:B] Hark! how wide Nature joins her groans below; Rise, G.o.d of Mercy, rise! why sleep t 2024-4-23
61 [40] Ah! whither C. I., 4{o}.[41] on] o'er C. I., 4{o}, 1797, 1803.[43] 'twice mortal' mace C. I., 4{o}, 1797, 1803.[45] The insatiate] That tyrant C. I.] drunken] frenzied C. I.[Between 51 and 52]Whose shrieks, whose screams were vain to s 2024-4-23
60 Not yet enslaved, not wholly vile, O Albion! O my mother Isle!Thy valleys, fair as Eden's bowers, Glitter green with sunny showers; Thy gra.s.sy uplands' gentle swells 125 Echo to the bleat of flocks; (Those gra.s.sy hills, those glittering dell 2024-4-23
59 [????? ?? ?p' ??????? ???a ?????d?? ??t? fa??t?a?F????ta s??et??s??.]Pind. _Olymp._ ii. 149, ?. t. ?.[159:2] Verbatim from Burns's Dedication of his Poems to the n.o.bility and Gentry of the Caledonian Hunt.LINENOTES: [1] whilst] while An. Anth. 2024-4-23
58 [155:2] First published in 1797: included in 1803, _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817, 1828, and 1834.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] To C. Lloyd on his proposing to domesticate, &c. 1797: To a Friend, &c. 1803. 'Composed in 1796' was added in S. L.[8] those still] s 2024-4-23
57 FOOTNOTES: [153:1] First published in 1797: included in 1803, _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817, 1828, 1829, and 1834.[153:2] ?? p?? ??? ? ???? p??? ?? t?de t? ?????p??? e?de? ?e??s?a?. Plat._Phaedon_. Cap. xviii. 72 e.[154:1] Almost all the followers of Fenelon b 2024-4-23
56 Britons! when last ye met, with distant streak So faintly promis'd the pale Dawn to break: So dim it stain'd the precincts of the Sky E'en _Expectation_ gaz'd with doubtful Eye.But now such fair Varieties of Light 5 O'ertake the h 2024-4-23
55 From an unpublished poem.The early Year's fast-flying vapours stray In shadowing trains across the orb of day: And we, poor Insects of a few short hours, Deem it a world of Gloom.Were it not better hope a n.o.bler doom, 5 Proud to believe that with m 2024-4-23
54 [316] Shriek'd Fear the ghastliest of Ambition's throng 4{o}.[317] Feverous] Fev'rish 4{o}, Sibylline Leaves, 1817, 1828, 1829.Between lines 320 and 321 of the text, the text of _Joan of Arc_, Book II, continues:-- 'Lo she goes!To Orle 2024-4-23
53 [9-12]The Harp which hanging high between the s.h.i.+elds Of Brutus and Leonidas oft gives A fitful music to the breezy touch Of patriot spirits that demand their fame.4{o}.[12] Man's] Earth's Sibylline Leaves, 1828, 1829.[15]But chiefly this wi 2024-4-23
52 But long time pa.s.sed not, ere that brighter cloud 430 Returned more bright; along the plain it swept; And soon from forth its bursting sides emerged A dazzling form, broad-bosomed, bold of eye, And wild her hair, save where with laurels bound.Not more m 2024-4-23
51 [147] an] a 1834.[153] Would hang] Hanging 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829.THE DESTINY OF NATIONS[131:1]A VISION Auspicious Reverence! Hush all meaner song, Ere we the deep preluding strain have poured To the Great Father, only Rightful King, Eternal Father! 2024-4-23
50 LINENOTES: [1-15]When faint and sad o'er Sorrow's desart wild Slow journeys onward, poor Misfortune's child; When fades each lovely form by Fancy drest, And inly pines the self-consuming breast; (No scourge of scorpions in thy right arm dre 2024-4-23
49 Up the fine fibres thro' the sentient brain Pa.s.s in fine surges. Pressing on his steps _Lo! Priestley there_ 1803.[378-80]Sweeping before the rapt prophetic Gaze Bright as what glories of the jasper throne Stream from the gorgeous and face-veiling 2024-4-23
48 [165] pious] _pious_ 1796-1829. [176] mazy surge] tortuous-folds 1796. [177] imbreathe] inbreathe 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829. [202] An] A 1834. [222] an] a 1834. [223] om. 1796, 1803. [254-5] The wafted perfumes, gazing on the woods The many tinted streams 18 2024-4-23
47 _Note_ to line 324. _Notes_, 1796, pp. 174, 175.[121:1] Alluding to the French Revolution _1834_: The French Revolution _1796_: This pa.s.sage alludes to the French Revolution: and the subsequent paragraph to the downfall of Religious Establishments. I am 2024-4-23
46 Thee to defend the Moloch Priest prefers 185 The prayer of hate, and bellows to the herd, That Deity, Accomplice Deity In the fierce jealousy of wakened wrath Will go forth with our armies and our fleets To scatter the red ruin on their foes! 190 O blasph 2024-4-23
45 [106:1] First published in the _Monthly Magazine_, October, 1796, vol.ii, p. 712: included in 1797, 1803, _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817, 1828, 1829, and 1834.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] Reflections on entering into active life. A Poem which affects not to be Poetry M. 2024-4-23
44 But lo your Henderson[103:3] awakes the Muse---- His Spirit beckon'd from the mountain's height!You left the plain and soar'd mid richer views!So Nature mourn'd when sunk the First Day's light, 35 With stars, unseen before, spangl 2024-4-23
43 t.i.tle] Epistle I. Lines written, &c. The motto is printed on the reverse of the half-t.i.tle 'Poetical Epistles' [pp. 109, 110]. 1796: Ode to Sara, written at Shurton Bars, &c. 1797, 1803. The motto is omitted in 1797, 1803: The motto is prefi 2024-4-23
42 LINENOTES: t.i.tle] Darwiniana. The Hour, &c. L. R., 1844: Composed during illness and absence 1852.[9-10] om. 1803.[14] her] the Lit. Rem., 1844, 1852.[17] New] Now Watchman.LINES[96:2]WRITTEN AT SHURTON BARS, NEAR BRIDGEWATER, SEPTEMBER 1795, IN ANSWER 2024-4-23
41 38. First collected in 1844.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] Effusion xxiii. To the, &c. 1796.[12] O have I 1796.LINES[94:1]COMPOSED WHILE CLIMBING THE LEFT ASCENT OF BROCKLEY COOMB, SOMERSETs.h.i.+RE, MAY 1795 With many a pause and oft reverted eye I climb the Coomb& 2024-4-23
40 [8-11]Or rouse thy screams, or wake thy young desire: Yet art thou wise, for mid thy brief alarms 1797.[9-10] om. 1797.[14] Whose kindly Heavings lull thy cares to Rest MS. E.[19] tetchy] fretful 1797.TO THE REV. W. J. HORT[92:1]WHILE TEACHING A YOUNG LAD 2024-4-23
39 TO EARL STANHOPE[89:2]Not, STANHOPE! with the Patriot's doubtful name I mock thy worth--Friend of the Human Race!Since scorning Faction's low and partial aim Aloof thou wendest in thy stately pace, Thyself redeeming from that leprous stain, 5 n. 2024-4-23
38 XI[87:2]TO RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, ESQ.It was some Spirit, SHERIDAN! that breath'd O'er thy young mind such wildly-various power!My soul hath mark'd thee in her shaping hour, Thy temples with Hymettian[88:1] flow'rets wreath'd: 2024-4-23
37 [9] such as] which oft 1797, 1803.[11] a] such 1797, 1803.[13-14]As made the soul enamour'd of her woe: No common praise, dear Bard! to thee I owe.1797, 1803.VIII[85:2]MRS. SIDDONS As when a child on some long Winter's night Affrighted clinging 2024-4-23
36 VI[83:1]PITT Not always should the Tear's ambrosial dew Roll its soft anguish down thy furrow'd cheek!Not always heaven-breath'd tones of Suppliance meek Beseem thee, Mercy! Yon dark Scowler view, Who with proud words of dear-lov'd Fre 2024-4-23
35 [1-2]Tho' king-bred rage with lawless uproar rude Hath driv'n M. C.Tho' king-bred rage with lawless tumult rude Have driv'n MS. Letter, Dec. 17, 1794.[7] Disdainful rouses from the Papal spell, M. C., MS. Letter, 1794.[11] That ground 2024-4-23
34 FOOTNOTES: [79:2] First published in the _Morning Chronicle_, Dec. 1, 1794: included in 1796, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834.[80:A] 'Our elegant correspondent will highly gratify every reader of taste by the continuance of his exquisitely beautiful produ 2024-4-23
33 [46] feverous] feverish all MSS. and Eds. 1796-1829.[47] this] that MS. Letters to R. S. and G. C., MS. E. pa.s.sless] hapless Letter to G. C.[49] Sentinel] Centinel all MSS. and Eds. 1796-1829. mid] with Letters to R. S. and G. C.Below l. 50 the date (No 2024-4-23
32 [28 foll.]Where high-soul'd Pantisocracy shall dwell!Where Mirth shall tickle Plenty's ribless side,[75:A]And smiles from Beauty's Lip on sunbeams glide, Where Toil shall wed young Health that charming La.s.s!And use his sleek cows for a lo 2024-4-23
31 FOOTNOTES: [73:1] First published in the _Morning Post_, December 12, 1797 (not, as Coleridge says, the _Morning Chronicle_); included in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817 (with an addition), and, again, in _P. and D. W._, 1877-80, and (in its first shape) in 1828 2024-4-23
30 FOOTNOTES: [71:2] First published in the _Fall of Robespierre_, 1795: included (as 'Song', p. 13) in 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] Effusion xxv. 1796.ON A DISCOVERY MADE TOO LATE[72:1]Thou bleedest, my poor Heart! an 2024-4-23
29 FOOTNOTES: [69:2] First published in the _Morning Chronicle_, September 23, 1794: included in _The Watchman_, No. III, March 17, 1794: in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817: 1828, 1829, and 1834, but omitted in 1852 as of doubtful origin. The elegy as printed in th 2024-4-23
28 EPITAPH ON AN INFANT[68:1]Ere Sin could blight or Sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care: The opening Bud to Heaven convey'd, And bade it blossom _there_.1794.FOOTNOTES: [68:1] First published in the _Morning Chronicle_, September 23, 1794: inclu 2024-4-23
27 [23] waked] woke MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E.[24] with wilder hand th' empa.s.sion'd lyre MS. Letter, 1794: with wilder hand th' Alcaean lyre MS. 4{o}, MS. E, Watchman, 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829.[25] wound] wounds MS. Letter, 1794.[27] In gh 2024-4-23
26 Too well those lovely lips disclose The triumphs of the opening Rose; O fair! O graceful! bid them prove As pa.s.sive to the breath of Love. 20 In tender accents, faint and low, Well-pleas'd I hear the whisper'd 'No!'The whispered 2024-4-23
25 Venus sees with tearful eyes-- In her lap the starling lies!While the Loves all in a ring Softly stroke the stiffen'd wing. 10 ? 1794.FOOTNOTES: [61:1] First published, _Literary Remains_, 1836, i. 274. First collected, _P. W._, 1893. The t.i.tles &# 2024-4-23
24 MS. E.[30] Or silver'd its smooth course beneath the Moon. MS. 4{o}.[31] rude] the th.o.r.n.y MS. 4{o} erased.For ll. 29-32 But ah! too brief in Youths' enchanting reign, Ere Manhood wakes th' unweeting heart to pain, Silent and soft thy si 2024-4-23
23 Departed Merit claims a reverent tear.Friend to the friendless, to the sick man health, 5 With generous joy he view'd his modest wealth; He heard the widow's heaven-breath'd prayer of praise, He mark'd the shelter'd orphan's 2024-4-23
22 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'MORNING CHRONICLE'SIR,--The following poem you may perhaps deem admissible into your journal--if not, you will commit it e?? ?e??? ?????fa?st???.--I am, with more respect and grat.i.tude than I ordinarily feel for Editors o 2024-4-23
21 1792.LINES[51:1]ON AN AUTUMNAL EVENING O thou wild Fancy, check thy wing! No more Those thin white flakes, those purple clouds explore!Nor there with happy spirits speed thy flight Bath'd in rich amber-glowing floods of light; Nor in yon gleam, where 2024-4-23
20 FOOTNOTES: [47:1] First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834. The 'four _last_ lines' of the Sonnet as sent to Southey, on Dec.11, 1794, were written by Lamb. _Letters of S. T. C._, 1895, i. 111, 112.[48:1] Compare ll. 2024-4-23
19 Letter, 1793, MS. E.[23] Another Love may Letter, 1793.KISSES[46:2]Cupid, if storying Legends tell aright, Once fram'd a rich Elixir of Delight.A Chalice o'er love-kindled flames he fix'd, And in it Nectar and Ambrosia mix'd: With thes 2024-4-23
18 Or where his waves with loud unquiet song Dash'd o'er the rocky channel froth along MS. 4{o}, 1796 ('froths' _in text_, 'froth' _errata_).[70] froths] froth 1828, 1829.[75-7]Mother of wild'ring dreams thy course pursue.W 2024-4-23
17 Eve saddens into Night.Mother of wildly-working dreams! we view 75 The sombre hours, that round thee stand With down-cast eyes (a duteous band!) Their dark robes dripping with the heavy dew.Sorceress of the ebon throne!Thy power the Pixies own, 80 When ro 2024-4-23
16 FOOTNOTES: [38:1] First published in 1796: included in 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834.The following note was attached in 1796 and 1803:--The flower hangs its [heavy] head waving at times to the gale. 'Why dost thou awake me, O Gale?' it seems to say 2024-4-23
15 [36:1] First published in 1893, from _MS. Letter_, Feb. 13 [1792].WITH FIELDING'S 'AMELIA'[37:1]Virtues and Woes alike too great for man In the soft tale oft claim the useless sigh; For vain the attempt to realise the plan, On Folly's 2024-4-23
14 [Caetera desunt.]1792.FOOTNOTES: [35:1] First published in _Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge_, 1895, i.44. The lines were sent in a letter to the Rev. G. Coleridge, dated April [1792].LINENOTES: [1] slumbrous] reverend MS. E.[5] frighted] affrighted MS. 2024-4-23
13 Ah! doubly blest, if Love supply l.u.s.tre to this now heavy eye, And with unwonted Spirit grace That fat[32:A] vacuity of face.Or if e'en Love, the mighty Love Shall find this change his power above; Some lovely maid perchance thou'lt find To r 2024-4-23
12 A FAREWELL ODE ON QUITTING SCHOOL FOR JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE Where graced with many a cla.s.sic spoil CAM rolls his reverend stream along, I haste to urge the learned toil That sternly chides my love-lorn song: Ah me! too mindful of the days 5 Illumed b 2024-4-23
11 Slumbrous G.o.d of half-shut eye! 5 Who lovest with limbs supine to lie; Soother sweet of toil and care Listen, listen to my prayer; And to thy votary dispense Thy soporific influence! 10 What tho' around thy drowsy head The seven-fold cap of night b 2024-4-23
10 FOOTNOTES: [21:2] First published in 1834 without a t.i.tle, but tabulated as 'Mathematical Problem' in 'Contents' 1 [p. xi].[22:1] _Poetice_ for Angle. _Letter, 1791._ [22:2] Delendus 'fere'. _Letter, 1791._ [23:1] Empress o 2024-4-23