Juvenile Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: poetry
Publisher: (Privatkopie)
Published: 2010-02-02T23:00:00+00:00

Fallen is the oppressor, friendless, ghastly, low,

And my heart aches, though Mercy struck the blow.

With wearied thought once more I seek the shade,

Where peaceful Virtue weaves the myrtle braid.

And O! if Eyes whose holy glances roll,

Swift messengers, and eloquent of soul;

If Smiles more winning, and a gentler Mien

Than the love-wildered Maniac's brain hath seen

Shaping celestial forms in vacant air,

If these demand the impassioned Poet's care –

If Mirth and softened Sense and Wit refined,

The blameless features of a lovely mind;

Then haply shall my trembling hand assign

No fading wreath to Beauty's saintly shrine.

Nor, Sara! thou these early flowers refuse –

Ne'er lurked the snake beneath their simple hues;

No purple bloom the Child of Nature brings

From Flattery's night-shade: as he feels he sings.

September, 1792

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