The Poems of S.T. ColeridgeWilliam Pickering, 1848 - 372 pages |
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... things young ) That earthward still thy moveless head is hung ? Do thy prophetic Fears anticipate , Meek Child of Misery ! thy future fate ? The starving meal , and all the thousand aches " Which patient Merit of the Unworthy takes ...
... things young ) That earthward still thy moveless head is hung ? Do thy prophetic Fears anticipate , Meek Child of Misery ! thy future fate ? The starving meal , and all the thousand aches " Which patient Merit of the Unworthy takes ...
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... Thing am I ! To anger rapid and as soon appeased , For trifles mourning and by trifles pleased , Break Friendship's mirror with a tetchy blow , Yet snatch what coals of fire on Pleasure's altar glow ! O thou that rearest with celestial ...
... Thing am I ! To anger rapid and as soon appeased , For trifles mourning and by trifles pleased , Break Friendship's mirror with a tetchy blow , Yet snatch what coals of fire on Pleasure's altar glow ! O thou that rearest with celestial ...
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... things As steps , that upward to their Father's throne Lead gradual - else nor glorified nor loved . They nor contempt embosom nor revengé : For they dare know of what may seem deform The Supreme Fair sole operant : in whose sight All ...
... things As steps , that upward to their Father's throne Lead gradual - else nor glorified nor loved . They nor contempt embosom nor revengé : For they dare know of what may seem deform The Supreme Fair sole operant : in whose sight All ...
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... things of terrible seeming : yea , unmoved Views e'en the immitigable ministers That shower down vengeance on these latter days . For kindling with intenser Deity From the celestial Mercy - seat they come , And at the renovating wells ...
... things of terrible seeming : yea , unmoved Views e'en the immitigable ministers That shower down vengeance on these latter days . For kindling with intenser Deity From the celestial Mercy - seat they come , And at the renovating wells ...
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... thing , Mid countless brethren with a lonely heart Through courts and cities the smooth savage roams Feeling himself , his own low self the whole ; When he by sacred sympathy might make The whole one self ! self , that no alien knows ...
... thing , Mid countless brethren with a lonely heart Through courts and cities the smooth savage roams Feeling himself , his own low self the whole ; When he by sacred sympathy might make The whole one self ! self , that no alien knows ...
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Page 259 - Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 223 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Page 233 - The upper air burst into life ! And a hundred fire-flags sheen, To and fro they were hurried about ! And to and fro, and in and out, The wan stars danced between.
Page 224 - And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe : For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.
Page 114 - Had thrilled my guileless Genevieve; The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long. She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love, and virgin shame; And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name.
Page 227 - There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched, and glazed each eye. A weary time! a weary time! How glazed each weary eye! When looking westward, I beheld A something in the sky. "At first it seemed a little speck, And then it seemed a mist; It moved and moved, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.
Page 189 - Joy, Lady! is the spirit and the power, Which wedding Nature to us gives in dower A new Earth and new Heaven...
Page 233 - My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank ; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. I moved, and could not feel my limbs: I was so light — almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost.
Page 235 - Sometimes a-dropping from the sky I heard the sky-lark sing; Sometimes all little birds that are, How they seemed to fill the sea and air With their sweet jargoning!
Page 242 - Laughed loud and long, and all the while His eyes went to and fro. "Ha! ha!" quoth he, "full plain I see, The Devil knows how to row." And now, all in my own countree, I stood on the firm land! The Hermit stepped forth from the boat, And scarcely he could stand. "O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man!" The Hermit crossed his brow. "Say quick," quoth he, "I bid thee say What manner of man art thou?