? 1794. ?1794. Each cold restraint, each boding fear THE DEATH OF THE STARLING' MORIENS SUPERSTITI? THE hour-bell sounds, and I must go; Nor will I shun his face appalling. 5 10 15 5 10 First published, Literary Remains, 1836, i. 274. First collected, P. W., 1893. The titles 'Lesbia' and 'The Death of the Starling' first appear in 1893. ? First published in the Morning Post, May 10, 1798, with a prefatory note :-The two following verses from the French, never before published, were written by a French Prisoner as he was preparing to go to the Guillotine': included in Literary Remains, 1836, i. 275. First collected P. W., 1893. To Lesbia 4 her] its L. R. Mortimer M. P. 7 mortal] little L. R. 18 signed The Death &c. 7 sees] see L. R. ? 1794. I die in faith and honour rich- Be closed to Love, and drown'd in Sorrow; MORIENTI SUPERSTES YET art thou happier far than she THE SIGH1 WHEN Youth his faery reign began And the slow Pang that gnaws unseen; 1 First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829. Coleridge dated the poem, June 1794, but the verses as sent to Southey, in a letter dated November, 1794 (Letters of S. T. C., 1895, i, 100, 101), could not have taken shape before the August of that year, after the inception of Pantisocracy and his engagement to Sarah Fricker. The Sigh-Title] Ode MS. E: Song Letter, Nov. 1794, Morrison MSS.: Effusion xxxii: The Sigh 1796. 7 along th'] as tossed on 1803. 9 of the 1803. waves] wilds Letter, 1794, MS. E. 1794. Then shipwreck'd on Life's stormy sea Yet heav'd a languid Sigh for thee! And though in distant climes to roam, 15 20 THE KISS1 ONE kiss, dear Maid! I said and sigh'd- Yon viewless wanderer of the vale, At Morning's break, at Evening's close Her nectar-breathing kisses fling; 5 10 1 First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834. 13 power] hand Letter, Nov. 1794, MS. E. 21-2 I fain would woo a gentle Fair 18 a] the Letter, 1794. To soothe the aching sense of Care Letter, Nov. 1794. 21 sense of] aching MS. E. Below 1. 24 June 1794 Poems, 1796. The Kiss-Title] Ode MS. E: Effusion xxviii 1796: The Kiss 1797, 1828, 1829, 1834: To Sara 1803. MSS. of The Kiss are included in the Estlin volume and in S. T. C.'s quarto copy-book. 11-15 Vigor to his languid wing The Rose's fragrant kisses bring, And He o'er all her brighten'd hue Flings the glitter of the dew. See she bends her bashful head, MS. E. ? 1794. And He the glitter of the Dew And tempts with feign'd dissuasion coy TO A YOUNG LADY! WITH A POEM ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION MUCH on my early youth I love to dwell, 15 20 25 5 Mourn'd with the breeze, O Lee Boo! o'er thy tomb. 10 1 First published in The Watchman, No. I, March 1, 1796 included in 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834. Three MSS. are extant: (1) the poem as sent to Southey in a letter dated Oct. 21, 1794 (see Letters of S. T. C., 1855, i. 94, 95); (2) the Estlin volume; (3) the MS. 4o copy-book. 2 Lee Boo, the son of Abba Thule, Prince of the Pelew Islands, came over to England with Captain Wilson, died of the small-pox, and is And He o'er all her brighten'd hue Sheds the glitter of the dew. MS. 4o erased. 18 The fragrant triumphs of the Rose. MS. E. Dawn'd MS. E. 27 And] That MS. E. 13-14 26 Dawns] To a Young Lady-Title] Verses addressed to a Lady with a poem relative to a recent event in the French Revolution MS. E. 2 friendly] guardian MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E. cloister MS. E. 3 cloisters] 9 My pensive soul amid 10 Boo] Bo MS. E. 5 careless] rosy MS. E. the twilight gloom MS. Letter, 1794. Where'er I wander'd, Pity still was near, Thus to sad sympathies I sooth'd my breast, She came, and scatter'd battles from her eyes! Fallen is the Oppressor, friendless, ghastly, low, 15 20 25 30 buried in Greenwich churchyard. See Keate's Account of the Pelew Islands. 1788. 1 And suffering Nature, &c. Southey's Retrospect. 'When eager patriots fly the news to spread Of glorious conquest, and of thousands dead; All feel the mighty glow of victor joy But if extended on the gory plain, And, snatch'd in conquest, some lov'd friend be slain, And suffering Nature grieve that one should die.' From the Retrospect by Robert Southey, published by Dilly [1795, pp. 9, 10]. MS. 4o. 12 glisten'd] glitter'd MS. Letter, 1794. 16 Calm] Bright MS. E. 13 anxious] anguish'd MS. Letter, 1794. 17 by] with 1829. 23 waked] woke MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E. 24 with wilder hand th' empassion'd lyre MS. Letter, 1794: with wilder hand th' Alcaean lyre MS. 4o, MS. E, Watchman, 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829. 25 wound] wounds MS. Letter, 1794. 27 In ghastly horror lie th' Oppressors low MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E, MS. 4o, 1796, Watchman. 29 With sad and wearied thought I seek the shade MS. E: With wearied thought I seek the amaranth shade MS. Letter, 1794. 30 the] her MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E. 32 The eloquent messengers of the pure soul MS. Letter, 1794, MS. E, MS. 4o, Watchman, 1796. |