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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
- 301 [_Exit, VALDEZ following after her._ _Ordonio._ This, then, is my reward! and I must love her?Scorn'd! shudder'd at! yet love her still? yes! yes!By the deep feelings of revenge and hate 170 I will still love her--woo her--win her too! [_A pause._ Isido
- 302 [After 186] end of the Third Act. Editions 1, 2, 3.ACT IV SCENE I _A cavern, dark, except where a gleam of moonlight is seen on one side at the further end of it; supposed to be cast on it from a crevice in a part of the cavern out of sight. ISIDORE alone
- 303 _Ordonio._ What boots it, who or when?Hang up thy torch--I'll tell his tale to thee. 100 [_They hang up their torches on some ridge in the cavern._ He was a man different from other men, And he despised them, yet revered himself._Isidore (aside)._ He? He
- 304 [51] brave] _brave_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[60] battens] fattens Edition 1.[68-73] om. Edition 1.[71] afraid] _afraid_ Editions 2, 3, 1829.[82] _Ordonio (stands lost in thought, then after a pause)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829. is] _is_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829
- 305 'Lest the Familiars of the Inquisition, That watch around my gates, should intercept him; But he conjures me, that without delay 85 I hasten to him--for my own sake entreats me To guard from danger him I hold imprison'd-- He will reveal a secret, the jo
- 306 _Naomi._ Comfort her, Alla!_Alhadra._ I stood in unimaginable trance And agony that cannot be remembered, Listening with horrid hope to hear a groan! 80 But I had heard his last: my husband's death-groan!_Naomi._ Haste! let us onward._Alhadra._ I looked
- 307 _Alvar._ Ordonio--he-- _Teresa._ If thou didst murder him-- His spirit ever at the throne of G.o.d Asks mercy for thee: prays for mercy for thee, 70 With tears in Heaven!_Alvar._ Alvar was not murdered.Be calm! Be calm, sweet maid!_Teresa._ Nay, nay, but
- 308 And though thou spill thy heart's blood for atonement, 175 It will not weigh against an orphan's tear!_Alvar._ But Alvar---- _Ordonio._ Ha! it chokes thee in the throat, Even thee; and yet I pray thee speak it out.Still Alvar!--Alvar!--howl it in mine e
- 309 She hath avenged the blood of Isidore!I stood in silence like a slave before her 260 That I might taste the wormwood and the gall, And satiate this self-accusing heart With bitterer agonies than death can give.Forgive me, Alvar!Oh!--could'st thou forget
- 310 [225] _Ordonio (fiercely recollecting himself)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[After 229] (_Alvar presses on as if to defend Ordonio._) Edition 1.[243] one] one's 1829.[After 244] [_Struggling to suppress her feelings._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[246] _his_ E
- 311 ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT The form of the following dramatic poem is in humble imitation of the _Winter's Tale_ of Shakspeare, except that I have called the first part a Prelude instead of a first Act, as a somewhat nearer resemblance to the plan of the anci
- 312 _Chef Ragozzi._ This life of mine, O take it, Lord Kiuprili!I give it as a weapon to thy hands, 70 Mine own no longer. Guardian of Illyria, Useless to thee, 'tis worthless to myself.Thou art the framer of my n.o.bler being; Nor does there live one vi
- 313 _Casimir._ Sire! your words grow dangerous.High-flown romantic fancies ill-beseem Your age and wisdom. 'Tis a statesman's virtue, To guard his country's safety by what means 220 It best may be protected--come what will Of these monk's
- 314 Chiefly of such, as from the frontiers far, (Which is the n.o.blest station of true warriors) 380 In rank licentious idleness beleaguer City and Court, a venomed thorn i'the side Of virtuous kings, the tyrant's slave and tyrant, Still ravening f
- 315 [_He kneels as he takes the child._ _Zapolya._ Take him! And if we be pursued, I charge thee, Flee thou and leave me! Flee and save thy king! 515 [_Then as going off, she looks back on the palace._ Thou tyrant's den, be called no more a palace!The or
- 316 [268] _thee_ 1817, 1828, 1829.[271] fraud] _frauds_ 1817: fraud's 1828, 1829.[288] _speak_ 1817, 1828, 1829.[Before 298] _Raab Kiuprili (sternly)._ 1817, 1828, 1829.[Before 343] _Raab Kiuprili (in a somewhat suppressed voice)._ 1817, 1828, 1829.[349]
- 317 _Glycine._ And what if even now, on that same ridge, 15 A speck should rise, and still enlarging, lengthening, As it clomb downwards, shape itself at last To a numerous cavalcade, and spurring foremost, Who but Sarolta's own dear lord returned From h
- 318 _Sarolta._ Wait then, Till thou hast learnt it! Fervent good old man! 145 Forgive me that, to try thee, I put on A face of sternness, alien to my meaning![_Then speaks to the_ Servants.Hence! leave my presence! and you, Laska! mark me!Those rioters are no
- 319 _Laska._ Do you chance to know 235 Who--I--am, Sir?--('Sdeath! how black he looks!) _Bethlen._ I have started many strange beasts in my time, But none less like a man, than this before me That lifts his hand against a timid female._Laska._ Bold youth
- 320 _Glycine._ Rise, Bethlen! Rise!_Bethlen._ No; kneel thou too! and with thy orphan's tongue Plead for me! I am rooted to the earth And have no power to rise! Give me a father!There is a prayer in those uplifted eyes 315 That seeks high Heaven! But I w
- 321 It is indeed a mighty sorcery 460 That doth enthral thy young heart, my poor girl, And what hath Laska told thee?_Glycine._ Three days past A courier from the king did cross that wood; A wilful man, that armed himself on purpose: And never hath been heard
- 322 Of an ebbing grief. [_BATHORY bowing, shows, &c._ 1817, 1828, 1829. [179] Shell see . . . hourly. [_LASKA . . . peeps in timidly._ 1817, 1828, 1829. [180] _Laska (surlily)._ Gone. 1817, 1828, 1829. [181] Is he returned? [_LASKA starts up from his seat._ 1
- 323 [467] _Our_ 1817, 1828, 1829.[480] _Two_ 1817, 1828, 1829.[492] _Emerick (solus)._ A fair, &c. 1817, 1828, 1829.[494] _his_ 1817, 1828, 1829.[495-6] '_Her tender . . . pledged_--' 1817, 1828, 1829.[After 508] END OF ACT I 1817.ACT II SCENE I _A
- 324 [_GLYCINE leaves the provisions, and exit. KIUPRILI comes forward, seizes them and carries them into the cavern. GLYCINE returns._ _Glycine._ Shame! Nothing hurt me!If some fierce beast have gored him, he must needs Speak with a strange voice. Wounds caus
- 325 [_They retire to the cavern, bearing ZAPOLYA. Then enter BETHLEN, armed with a boar-spear._ _Bethlen._ I had a glimpse Of some fierce shape; and but that Fancy often Is Nature's intermeddler, and cries halves With the outward sight, I should believe
- 326 [137-41] _Raab Kiuprili_ (_turning off_, &c.) . . . infamy. Erased [? by S. T. C. in copy of 1817].[156] _Zapolya (in agitation)._ O speak. 1817, 1838, 1829.[170] Ha!-- (_observing the cave_). 1817, 1828, 1829.[183] _Bethlen (in amazement)._ 1817, 1828, 1
- 327 [_Putting the key to his ear._ All very true!--but, good Fidelity! 75 If I refuse King Emerick, will you promise, And swear now, to unlock the dungeon door, And save me from the hangman? Aye! you're silent!What, not a word in answer? A clear nonsuit!
- 328 Treasure them up, I pray! A certain person, Whom the king flatters with his confidence, Tells you, his royal friend asks startling questions!'Tis but a hint! And now what says the ghost! 180 _Bethlen._ Listen! for thus it spake: 'Say thou to Las
- 329 _Sarolta._ Yet, yet for one brief moment [_Struggling._ Unhand me, I conjure you.[_She throws him off, and rushes towards a toilet.EMERICK follows, and as she takes a dagger, he grasps it in her hand._ _Emerick._ Ha! Ha! a dagger; 290 A seemly ornament fo
- 330 [40] _thy_ 1817, 1828, 1829. [51] _him_ 1817, 1828, 1829. [52] _me_ 1817, 1828, 1829. [56] _Emerick (with a slight start, as one who had been talking aloud to himself: then with scorn)._ 1817, 1828, 1829. [63] _thee_ 1817, 1828, 1829. [68-9] _This way . .
- 331 _Enter LORD RUDOLPH._ Well met, Lord Rudolph!---- Your whisper was not lost upon my ear, And I dare trust-- _Lord Rudolph._ Enough! the time is precious!You left Temeswar late on yester-eve? 5 And sojourned there some hours?_Casimir._ I did so!_Lord Rudol
- 332 _Old Bathory._ She is safe.The royal brute hath overleapt his prey, And when he turned, a sworded Virtue faced him. 115 My own brave boy--O pardon, n.o.ble lady!Your son---- _Zapolya._ Hark! Is it he?_Old Bathory._ I hear a voice Too hoa.r.s.e for Bethlen
- 333 _Zapolya._ O Kiuprili! 200 _Old Bathory._ The demon-hunters of the middle air Are in full cry, and scare with arrowy fire The guilty! Hark! now here, now there, a horn Swells singly with irregular blast! the tempest Has scattered them! [_Horns at a distan
- 334 _Emerick (aside)._ And ere I ring the alarum of my sorrow, I'll scan that face once more, and murmur--Here Lies Casimir, the last of the Kiuprilis!h.e.l.l! 'tis Pestalutz!_Casimir (coming forward)._ Yes, thou ingrate Emerick!'Tis Pestalutz!
- 335 _Casimir._ Mark too, the edges of yon lurid ma.s.s!Restless and vext, as if some angering hand, With fitful, tetchy s.n.a.t.c.h, unrolled and pluck'd The jetting ringlets of the vaporous fleece!These are sure signs of conflict nigh at hand, And eleme
- 336 [221]Shall be my trust. [_Then speaking as to ZAPOLYA in the Cavern._ Haste! . . . flee![_He enters the Cavern, and then returns in alarm._ 1817, 1828, 1829.[225]_Thou_ art parcel of my native land. [_Then observing the sword._ 1817, 1828, 1829.[226] _my_
- 337 EPIGRAM AN APOLOGY FOR SPENCERS Said William to Edmund I can't guess the reason Why Spencers abound in this bleak wintry season.Quoth Edmund to William, I perceive you're no Solon-- Men may purchase a half-coat when they cannot a whole-one.BRIST
- 338 [ANOTHER VERSION]If the guilt of all lying consists in deceit, Lie on--'tis your duty, sweet youth!For believe me, then only we find you a cheat When you cunningly tell us the truth.1800. First published in _Annual Anthology_, 1800. First collected _
- 339 [10] their] the M. P.18 [DEAR BROTHER JEM]Jem writes his verses with more speed Than the printer's boy can set 'em; Quite as fast as we can read, And only not so fast as we forget 'em.First published in _Morning Post_, Sept. 23, 1799. Inclu
- 340 25 [NINETY-EIGHT]O would the Baptist come again And preach aloud with might and main Repentance to our viperous race!But should this miracle take place, I hope, ere Irish ground he treads, He'll lay in a good stock of heads!First published in _An. An
- 341 33 ON THE ABOVE As long as ere the life-blood's running, Say, what can stop a Punster's punning?He dares bepun even thee, O Death!To _pun_ish him, Stop thou his breath.? 1800. Now first published from MS.34 EPITAPH ON A BAD MAN Of him that in th
- 342 'Dann la.s.st die uberschrift kein Leser aus der Acht, _Wenn in der Kurz' ihr Leib, die Seel' in Witz bestehet_.'41 Charles, grave or merry, at no lie would stick, And taught at length his memory the same trick.Believing thus what he s
- 343 In vain I praise thee, Zoilus!In vain thou rail'st at me!Me no one credits, Zoilus!And no one credits thee!First published in _Morning Post_, Oct. 2, 1802. Adapted from a Latin Epigram 'In Zoilum,' by George Buchanan: 'Frustra ego te l
- 344 59 When Surface talks of other people's worth He has the weakest memory on earth!And when his own good deeds he deigns to mention, His _memory_ still is no whit better grown; But then he makes up for it, all will own, By a prodigious talent of _inven
- 345 We've fought for Peace, and conquer'd it at last, The rav'ning vulture's leg seems fetter'd fast!Britons, rejoice! and yet be wary too: The chain may break, the clipt wing sprout anew.First published in Cottle's _Early Recoll
- 346 First published in _Memoirs of C. M. Young_, 1871, p. 221. First collected in 1893.77 INSCRIPTION FOR A TIME-PIECE Now! It is gone--Our brief hours travel post, Each with its thought or deed, its Why or How:-- But know, each parting hour gives up a ghost
- 347 2 LINES TO THOMAS POOLE [Quoted in a letter from Coleridge to John Thelwall, dated Dec. 17, 1796.]. . . . Joking apart, I would to G.o.d we could sit by a fire-side and joke _viva voce_, face to face--Stella [Mrs. Thelwall] and Sara [Mrs. S.T. Coleridge],
- 348 First published in _Morning Post_, September 25, 1801. Included in _Essays, &c._, iii. 966-7. First collected _P. and D. W._, 1877, ii.168.7 THE WILLS OF THE WISP A SAPPHIC _Vix ea nostra voco_ Lunatic Witch-fires! Ghosts of Light and Motion!Fearless I se
- 349 These lines, which were inscribed in one of Coleridge's notebooks, refer to a 'Const.i.tutional a.s.sociation' which promoted the prosecution of Richard Carlile, the publisher of Paine's _Age of Reason_, for blasphemy. See _Diary_ of H
- 350 [12] And therefore don't get tipsy Letter 1832.[16] with this gipsy] of Dys Pipsy Letter 1832.[22] And oh! och my dear Honies Letter 1832.[28] offal-fed] horn-and-hoof'd Letter 1832.[41] dreams] drams Letter 1832.[44] And whitewash at once your
- 351 5 Outmalicd Calumnys imposthumd Tongue. First published in 1893. A line from _Verses to Horne Tooke_, July 4, 1796, line 20 (_ante_, p. 151). 6 And write Impromptus Spurring their Pegasus to tortoise gallop. First published in 1893. 7 Due to the Staggerer
- 352 LINENOTES: [2] sun at dawn L. R. 18 The Sun (for now his...o...b..gan slowly sink) Shot half his rays aslant the heath whose flowers Purpled the mountains broad and level top; Rich was his bed of clouds, and wide beneath Expecting Ocean smiled with dimple
- 353 On the broad mountain-top The neighing wild-colt races with the wind O'er fern and heath-flowers.First published in _Lit. Rem._, i. 278.32 A long deep lane So overshadow'd, it might seem one bower-- The damp clay-banks were furr'd with moul
- 354 G.o.d's Image, Sister of the Cherubim!First published in 1893. Compare the last line of _The Ode to the Departing Year_ (_ante_, p. 168).43 And re-implace G.o.d's Image in the Soul.First published in 1893.44 And arrows steeled with wrath.First p
- 355 Est meum et est tuum, amice! at si amborum nequit esse, Sit meum, amice, precor: quia certe sum mage pauper.'Tis mine and it is likewise yours; But and if this will not do, Let it be mine, because that I Am the poorer of the Two!Nov. 1, 1801. First p
- 356 Self-confiding wretch, I thought I could love thee as I ought, Win thee and deserve to feel All the Love thou canst reveal, And still I chuse thee, follow still.1805. First published from an MS. in 1893.16 'Twas not a mist, nor was it quite a cloud,
- 357 Now first published from an MS.28 The spruce and limber yellow-hammer In the dawn of spring and sultry summer, In hedge or tree the hours beguiling With notes as of one who bra.s.s is filing.1807. Now first published from an MS.29 FRAGMENT OF AN ODE ON NA
- 358 38 A low dead Thunder mutter'd thro' the night, As 'twere a giant angry in his sleep-- Nature! sweet nurse, O take me in thy lap And tell me of my Father yet unseen, Sweet tales, and true, that lull me into sleep And leave me dreaming.1811.
- 359 47 TO EDWARD IRVING But _you_, honored IRVING, are as little disposed as myself to favor _such_ doctrine! [as that of Mant and D'Oyly on Infant Baptism].Friend pure of heart and fervent! we have learnt A different lore! We may not thus profane The Id
- 360 55 His native accents to her stranger's ear, Skill'd in the tongues of France and Italy-- Or while she warbles with bright eyes upraised, Her fingers shoot like streams of silver light Amid the golden haze of thrilling strings.Undated. First pub
- 361 FOOTNOTES: [996:1] The following 'Fragments', numbered 1-63, consist of a few translations and versicles inserted by Coleridge in his various prose works, and a larger number of fragments, properly so called, which were published from MS. source
- 362 4 IAMBICS No cold shall thee benumb, Nor darkness stain thy sight; To thee new Heat, new Light Shall from this object come, Whose Praises if thou now wilt sound aright, My Pen shall give thee leave hereafter to be dumb.1801. Now first published from an MS
- 363 Bend, and in yon streamlet--lave thee!Why stays my Love?Oft have I at evening straying, Stood, thy branches long surveying, Graceful in the light breeze playing,-- Why stays my Love?1. Four Trochees /.2. One spondee, Iambic .3. Four Trochees 1.4. Repeated
- 364 A [Vide _ante_, p. 100]EFFUSION 35 Clevedon, August 20th, 1795.[1021:1](First Draft) My pensive SARA! thy soft Cheek reclin'd Thus on my arm, how soothing sweet it is Beside our Cot to sit, our Cot o'ergrown With white-flowr'd Jasmine and t
- 365 G.o.d in G.o.d immanent, distinct yet one!Omnific, Omniform. The Immoveable, That goes forth and remains, eke----and at once 10 Dawns, rises, and sets and crowns the height of Heaven![Cf. _Anima Poetae_, 1895, p. 162.]Such Symphony demands best Instrument
- 366 [37] not slept] slept not MS. corr. by Southey.[39] red] S. T. C. notes this word as Southey's.[46] Firm] S. T. C. writes against this word _Not English_.E [Vide _ante_, p. 186.]THE RIME OF THE ANCYENT MARINERE,[1030:1] IN SEVEN PARTS.ARGUMENT How a
- 367 III.I saw a something in the Sky No bigger than my fist; 140 At first it seem'd a little speck And then it seem'd a mist: It mov'd and mov'd, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! 145 And still it n
- 368 They groan'd, they stirr'd, they all uprose, Ne spake, ne mov'd their eyes: It had been strange, even in a dream 325 To have seen those dead men rise.The helmsman steer'd, the s.h.i.+p mov'd on; Yet never a breeze up-blew; The Mar
- 369 I turn'd my head in fear and dread, And by the holy rood, 490 The bodies had advanc'd, and now Before the mast they stood.They lifted up their stiff right arms, They held them strait and tight; And each right-arm burnt like a torch, 495 A torch
- 370 512-20, and in _Lyrical Ballads_ . . . 1798, edited by Thomas Hutchinson, 1898. The text of the present issue has been collated with that of an early copy of _Lyrical Ballads_, 1798 (containing _Lewti_, pp. 63-7), presented by Coleridge to his sister-in-l
- 371 Image of LEWTI in my mind, 60 Methinks thou lookest not [*kin*] unkind!FOOTNOTES: [1049:1] The first ten lines of MS. version (1) were first published in _Note 44_ of _P. W._, 1893, p. 518, and the MS. as a whole is included in _Coleridge's Poems_, A
- 372 How sometimes from the savage den, 65 And sometimes from the darksome shade, And sometimes starting up at once, In green and sunny glade; 18 There came and look'd him in the face An Angel beautiful and bright, 70 And how he knew it was a Fiend, This
- 373 [25] O ever in my lonely walk erased MS. (1). In lonely walk and noontide dreams MS. (1). O ever when I walk alone erased MS. (1). [26] I feed upon that blissful hour MS. (1). I feed upon that hour of Bliss erased MS. (1). That ruddy eve that blissful hou
- 374 [60] or] nor MS. (1). [61-4] om. MS. (1).] [65] How sometimes from the hollow Trees MS. (1). [69-72] lookd There came and [*stard*] him in the face An[d] Angel beautiful and bright, And how he knew it was a fiend And yelld with strange affright. MS. (1).
- 375 [Vide _ante_, p. 421.]AN HISTORIC DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS.FIRST PERFORMED WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, ON SAt.u.r.dAY, FEBRUARY THE 7TH, 1801.APOECIDES.Quis hoc scit factum?EPIDICUS.Ego ita esse factum dico.PERIPHANES.Scin' tu
- 376 _Enter EARL HENRY and SANDOVAL, both armed._ _Sandoval._ A delightful plain this, and doubly pleasant after so long and wearisome a descent from the Pyranees [_sic_]. Did you not observe how our poor over wearied horses mended their pace as soon as they r
- 377 _Fernandez._ I too, but that I know our n.o.ble General Maintains him near his person, only that If he should ever go in jeopardy 140 Of being d.a.m.n'd (as he's now persecuted) For his virtue and fair sense, he may be sav'd By the superero
- 378 (This way, Don Sandoval) of boyish anger---- (_Walks with SANDOVAL to the back of the Stage._) _Don Curio (to himself)._ Freaks! freaks! But what if they have sav'd from bursting The swelling heart of one, whose Cup of Hope Was savagely dash'd d
- 379 That such a patch as Barnard should have had The Honour to have sav'd our General's life.That Barnard! that mock-man! that clumsy forgery Of Heaven's Image. Any other heart But mine own would have turn'd splenetic to think of it.MS. er
- 380 And thou, O silent Form, alone and bare, Whom, as I lift again my head bow'd low In adoration, I again behold, And to thy summit upward from thy base 70 Sweep slowly with dim eyes suffus'd by tears, Awake, thou mountain form! rise, like a cloud!
- 381 [1079:1] Tairn, a small lake, generally, if not always, applied to the lakes up in the mountains, and which are the feeders of those in the vallies. This address to the wind will not appear extravagant to those who have heard it at night, in a mountainous
- 382 Nor let my words import more blame than needs.The Tumult rose and ceas'd: for Peace is nigh Where Wisdom's Voice has found a list'ning Heart.Amid the howl of more than wintry Storms 95 The Halcyon hears the voice of vernal Hours, Already on
- 383 N LOVE'S APPARITION AND EVANISHMENT[1087:1][Vide _ante_, p. 488.][FIRST DRAFT]In vain I supplicate the Powers above; There is no Resurrection for the Love That, nursed with tenderest care, yet fades away In the chilled heart by inward self-decay.Like
- 384 FOOTNOTES: [1090:1] Now first published from Cottle's MSS. in the Library of Rugby School.R[1090:2]'Relative to a Friend remarkable for Georgoepiscopal Meanderings, and the combination of the _utile dulci_ during his walks to and from any given
- 385 [63] mountains' side] Hills MS. 1795.[75-86] intermingled with all these I observed a great number of men in Black Robes who appeared now marshalling the various Groups and now collecting with scrupulous care the Tenths of everything that grew within
- 386 The same ant.i.thesis might be carried on with the elements of their several intellectual powers. Milton, austere, condensed, imaginative, supporting his truth by direct enunciation of lofty moral sentiment and by distinct visual representations, and in 4
- 387 [380] _all_ 1817, 1829.[387] Roman-Catholicism] Catholicism 1817, 1829.[393] _popular_ 1817, 1829.[396] _too severely . . . management_ 1817, 1829.[397] _istam . . . dispensativam_ 1817, 1829.[410] _agglomerative_ 1817, 1829.[416] logic] logical 1817, 182
- 388 4 But lo! again came the slanting sun-shaft, 25 Close by me pois'd on its wing, The sweet Bird sang again, And looking on my tearful Face Did it not say, 'Love has arisen, 30 True Love makes its summer, In the Heart'?1845 C _Notebook No. 29
- 389 165-8.[1113:2] The quotation is from an apology addressed 'Meliori suo', prefixed to the Second Book of the _Silvae_:--'nec nunc eam (_sc._ celeritatem) apud te jacto qui nosti: sed et caeteris indico, ne quis asperiore lima carmen examinet
- 390 4 SIR JOHN DAVIES ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL (Sect. iv. Stanzas 12-14.) Doubtless, this could not be, but that she turns Bodies to spirits, by sublimation strange; As fire converts to fire the things it burns; As we our meats into our nature change.Fr
- 391 First published in _The Courier_, September 21, 1811; included in the supplementary sheet to _Sibylline Leaves_; reprinted in _Essays on His Own Times_, iii. 995, 996, and in the Appendix to _P. W._, 1863. It was first pointed out by W. E. Henley that 'M
- 392 12 STANZAS XXVII, XXIX, x.x.x.Although the stronger const.i.tution shall Wear out th' infection of distemper'd days, And come with glory to out-live this fall, Recov'ring of another spring of praise, &c.For these lines are the veins and arteries And un
- 393 Aus den Fluthen erhub, von Pan gesegnet, In Gedufte der Ferne sich ein Eiland. 5 Oft, in mondlicher Dammrung, schwebt' ein Nachen Vom Gestade des heerdenreichen Eilands, Zur umwaldeten Bucht, wo sich ein Steinpfad Zwischen Mirten zum Tempelhain emporwand
- 394 _Wilhelm Meister_, Bk. III, Cap. 1.--_Sammtliche Werke_, 1860, iii, p.194.Kennst du das Land, wo die Citronen bluhn, Im dunkeln Laub die Goldorangen gluhn, Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht Dahin! Dahin 5
- 395 HYMNE AN DIE ERDE.Erde, du Mutter zahlloser Kinder, Mutter und Amme!Sei mir gegrusst! Sei mir gesegnet im Feiergesange!Sieh, O Mutter, hier lieg' ich an deinen schwellenden Brusten!Lieg', O Grungelockte, von deinem wallenden Haupthaar Sanft umsauselt un
- 396 Canti terreni amori Chi terreno ha il pensier, terreno il zelo; Noi Celesti Virtu cantiam del Cielo.CARITa.Ma chi fia, che vi ascolti Fuggira i nostri accenti orecchia piena 5 De le lusinghe di mortal Sirena?SPERANZA.Cantiam pur, che raccolti Saran ben in
- 397 _Collation._--Half-t.i.tle, Poems / on Various Subjects, / By / S. T.Coleridge, / Late / Of Jesus College, Cambridge. /, one leaf, p. [i]; t.i.tle, one leaf, p. [iii]; Preface, pp. [v]-xi; Contents, pp.[xiii]-xvi; Text, pp. [1]-168; Notes on _Religious Mu
- 398 I. TO A FRIEND 'Bereave me not of these delightful Dreams.'--W. L. BOWLES.[1141:1]II. 'With many a weary step at length I gain.'--R. SOUTHEY.III. TO SCOTLAND 'Scotland! when thinking on each heathy hill.'--C. LLOYD.IV. TO CRAIG-MILLAR CASTLE IN WHIC
- 399 to his Hexameters 'Francisca.n.u.s et Fratres'. In some Elegiacs addressed to Tasteus and Tevius, in which he complains of his sufferings from gout and kindred maladies, he tells them that Groscollius (Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris) w
- 400 [Pp. 243-245.]ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT I have excepted the following Poems from those, which I had determined to omit. Some intelligent friends particularly requested it, observing, that what most delighted me when I was "young in _writing_ poetry, would pr