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Table of Contents The Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets Part | Profesor Blgraph wna Coarse Scope Lecture One Romaatie Begining nnn Lecture Two order and the Lyrica Ballas. Lecture Three Life and Death, Past and res e Lecture Four Lecture Five Lecture Six ple Ambions and Autobiography ‘Spots of Tne and Poetic GoW nnn Coleridge and the Art of Convention. Lecture Seven ell 10 Heaven via Pura one Lecture Eight Rival and Fra Lecture Nine Willis Blake: Eecemrie Geni. Lecture Ten From inocence 1 Experience. Lecture Eleven Blake's Propietie Books. Lecture Twelve Woren Romane Poet... eee cre Na oA ea hr Timeline Glossary. Noe: Because of production ination, we are unable to incl seme of the longer selections ofthe Romantic posts discussed in these Ieures. We urge stidenes sek these out on thelr wn 4 202 The eno Company Lied Patestip The Liv snd Works of the English Romantic Poets Seope: ‘This couse isan inteductin to the phenomenon of Romanticism an othe six ‘major Enlhpoets who have Deere know the leading representatives ‘certain kind of hiaking and wring that flourished around the tun a the neem ceny. Focusing onthe works of to generations of poets Wiliam Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Wiliam Blake lowed by George Gordon (Lord Byrom), Perey Shelley, and Joh Keats—te lectures wil desrbe and analyze the distinctive arse achievements of men who permanently alee ‘the couse of English and Ameria poet. ‘The course begins with an troduction tothe meanings of Romantics, a comple eon that has many implications ad covers wide range o asc and Plilosophica ideas. It is associated, above al wit the historical periods of the ‘Amerian and French Revolutions and the atemath ofthe ater inthe igure of ‘Napoleon Bonaparte. Fre 178 when the Fench Revolusin began until the final defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Viena in 1815, he European continent was ina sate of turmoil and Great Briain yas ether preparing for ‘wa or engaging ini with the forces of France Its in tis ale hat our six cts came of ag. The frst encation (Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Blake) ll share in the excitement generated inthe 1790s by the promise and hopes ofthe Revolution, ‘The second generation (Byron, Shelley. and Keats). twenty years late, are up ina politcal armospere of eoservatsm and epesion at heme. Nationa and poll evens inveaced ll hese poets although many of tee weatest wor, ‘expecially tone we eves tds, wore not polit n nature. All oF thom were abo inuenced by Mes of Iierton, whether coneevedpollclly oe wih ‘ean othe ier if ofthe individ, “Te course il focus on general hemes and ides that ind he pots togehe. But, even mre, iil focus on thi erary and siti ccomplisiments Four lectures on Wardmorth wil examine his rail experimen post diction (Ga Fyre! Ballads: bis ne psychological ana inward tr (in Titer Abbey andthe “Inimations" ode); and his epic autobiographical poem, The Prelude, ‘which was not plied ul afer his death in 1880. The following three Testes on Wordoworthscollaboratr, Samet Taylor Coleridge, ace the sivaly and Winship ofthe two men. These lectures ao ares Coleridee's pplication of philosophical principles that he inherited from comemporry ‘German thinkers whove works be rea, translated nd plagiarized. The st al ‘ofthe course continues with tre leer on he unig acheveme tof Wiliam Blake, pet prinaker, and eccenic mythanake, who was less appealed a his om time thn he sow. The fet hal ofthe sere ends with look atthe Popular women poets ofthe age who followed a path that was simulancously Pail, and separate ro that followed bythe male coserpoarcs, 010 Te Thing Conny Line Paacoip 4 ‘The second haf of te series is decd to Byron, Shelley, and Keats, ll of whom lft England and ded abeoad, young They came of oe at he ine ofthe Congress of Veen, andthe England oftheir youth was tine of polis! ‘omservatisn. Byron was the ptrious aster iertn of hi ge, and he ass famous fr his is fr his work. As a gloomy Calvinist rebel ad a sopisicaed, worl aristocrat, bo ad wo sides is ermper that ar ef Imis poctry. Shelley was fms ding his short ie ayia and pola! oc his epuation has undergone the mst tking change inthe aos 0 ‘Senturics since his death by drowning. Ket, the youngest of the Rema, less well ead rig his i than postanousl. perennial fort wth ‘readers ofall ages, Keats demonsated precios marry inh pty be ‘wrote during the hee pocked years of his eealive lie, The series ends with 2 Took athe legacy ofthese poets a thas been transmit both eronaogsaly and geography: we move fom Victorian England o nineteenth and ‘wenit-cenury America to examine the way the English Romans aeted the course of subsequent poet. In many ws), we ae il living nthe long shadow cst bythe ian presence ofthese poets fom wo cntras back 2 2002 The Teng Copan Line Paap Scope: Talking about beginnings i Lecture One Romantic Beginnings as ict and in fet, Romantic enna, This etre wl tempo highlpt theft, att, and political phenomena that go indrthe heading of Romi and will mrodue the main themes abd ecg ofthe subsequent Teotes ‘Romanticism has become a code word fr liberation and freedom on ‘many levels especialy with respect othe individual dt soviet. ‘The poets we shall study ia his corse, whatever else separates he fiom one ance, were all infucnced by the power ofthe French Revolution adits aftermath, Redeinng the limits and styles of English owt, they brovght to iterature some ofthe new philosophical and Psychologica ideas of German and Freneh writers and thinkers. Aer a [sera inrodueion the lecture concades with a comparison of pers by Alexander Pope and Wiliam Wordeworth. Outline scours covers the English Romi poets ‘A. Primarily, we wil study poems by the now canonical six major poets: William Wordsworth; Samet Tsslr Coleridge Willan Blak George Gordon, Lord Byron: Percy Shelley: and John Keats. B. Weil devote some ateaton tothe lives ofthe poets ado their historical period, but our primary focus wil be on thle poetic es snd innovations (C._Tese werent te most popular poss ofthe dy. fc various ‘woman poets, wo fave rece Deen eeuperated by ere, were at ‘mote poplar than most of thee mea (see Lecture Tur). D._ Tastes change, and canons evolve. The Romans endured dont in thei reputations during the rs half of the went entry, tobe revived begining in 1980 or thereabous,| Whats Romantic? [Ac The dita ofascenining begining and boundries sa Remante lena and thems 1 The word “Romantic” had many meanings: 1.” Ita sed with reference tothe Mile Ages to supuest something wil, gsc mega. Te became a synonym or moderity (in Germany). [3 Resuggests an interest in nau, which comes from the importance of landscape and changes of fashion i ndscape gardening 4 Thetis of Romanticism is sscited wil thers of mations [© One can diserminate among many “Romantics,” all having partis petnene ML There ar several ccna! Romantic conceptions of ature and the universe. ‘A. The dstine of “organics” i associated with Romanticism, 1. The universe ad the work oar are bth ike living ings 12 Thisrepesents a change rom 2 more mechanistic woridvew 18 Naure sa compler issue in Romanticism. 1. Nature may be cena beneicent, mater, nd ning 2 Equally, itmigh appara oppressive and deceptive. 1, The Romantics vewes history and sci in several important way, ‘A. The French Revolution asthe ruil event of he period. 'B._Accorting to Wordsworth in th decade of te 17905 andthe carly {yeas ofthe Revolution, “Bs wa iin that dave ob alive CG. By he second generation and the decade of 1810-1820, the politcal ‘mood of England (and Europe in general) had changed conser Afr the defeat of Napoleon (1814) and the Congres of Vienna (815), anew age of conservatism rough changes in English society V. The Romanties had ifering views of the se. ‘A. We lik think of te Romantics as slorfing he human beng, especialy the individual “elf” Selteasciousnes ia high man 00d B. Atte same tne, theres counertendeny to exape fom the self. Consciousness burden ore than a glo ‘VL The Romantics were canesred with he role ofthe poet andthe ature of Ieratue |A. Inthe Prefice to rea! Bll (1800), Wordsworth calls the post ‘man speaking to men and wes on behalf ofthe democratization of poet's dition 'B_Blake, on the oer hand, defeded the harman imagination a the supreme vale, andthe poet sa visionary Ser CSelley famously amouned, Poets ar the unacknowledged elo ofthe mold VIL. We end wit vo exemplary, representative poems. |A. Alexander Pope, “Engraved onthe Coli of «Dog which gave this Royal Highoes* (1737) 1. Thepocm is Wity and epigrammatic. ‘ {22 Te Tig Copy ine Pap 2 Itrmintins th tion ofthe speaking voice, 3 teconcems the nstre of writing and reading, aking, an Istening B, Wiliam Wordsworth, "To a Butery"(1802). 1. The insets person. 12 The poem deals wth ures of sleep and death, ‘The burly stands forte poe's on childhood | Werotce the imporunce ofthe poem's form, Wordsvowt breaches the ature of ime and ceri ‘Questions to Consider: 1. Can you recognize Romatie dilemmas of thems in contemporary itrtue sa ght?” 2% What are he limits fatten to understand poems a eflstions of biographical and historia ceumstanecs? Lecture Two. Wordsworth and the Lyrical Balleds ‘Scope: Wawswoat was the mast prodied writer fis time, because he was also the mos rial, Thi eure wll examine some ofthe statements ‘frincipe rom his pefice woth second eton (180) of Lyrical ‘Ballads, ebook he composed with Same! Taylor Coleridge and he mos inportant volume of Romani poetry. Werdswor's stated aim ‘yas to derocratze Both tho Sues and the diction of poetry to reali his premise tat th pets aman speaking to men.” Some of thee oot ar remarkably sraigiforerd and simple; oes have sil ‘raters that as very dup. Outline 1. Wills Wordsworth lived from 1770101850, [AL Wordsworth ame from a solid midlleass background, 1” He was young when bis pans ded; he was separated from his siblings 2. His university carer was not paeulry disinshe B. The French Revoaton changed his i 1. Atte tart he was an enthusiast. 2. nFrane, he Became involved wih French widow, Anette Vallone may have been volved in radea poll activity in France 3. Wordsworth saffred conserable confison and uncer yeas 1795-1798, 31795 meting with Coleridge fluenced Wordswot's poetic i. ‘The cllaboration resid in rie! Ballads (1798) Coleridge belped Wordsorth i his commitment he kong plilosoptical poor Wordsworth maid (1802), became fter, and sted into @ comfortable mide abe We tum now to an itoduetion othe post. ‘A. Icha bee ai tht there wee two Wordsworts 1. Simply isa goa in rial Balas 2. Wordsworh and Coleridge agreed on diferent contribution othe vohane {The pie and the bli re ret poetic om. [BL The early pooms involve some casy exchanges, “Expostlation and Reply.” 2 “The Tables Tuned.” inthe & n 1 2 ‘ toa The each Conary Limited Putin C. But here ae more complicated poems, as well 1. In"The Two April Mornings" Werdswort uses metaphor, si ‘repetition, an replacement in aman memory a= poste Figures of speech. 2 Weve in “The Fountain” Wordsworth enduring concer for los. IL We move toto examples of Wordswor's stating originality AL “Nutting” (1798) 1. This lank verse poem deals wih cilhod and freedom. 2 Iedeas equally with criminal. | Wordswerth’s ition i ake tothe depth ois ea. 44 The poem impesses onus ba the inpovtanes and the fclevance ofamon | “Composed upon Westninster Bridge" (1802), 1 Weknow th ect biographical etcumstances of he poem 2 Although this poem demonstrates Wordswort's love of mature, we also dlcover rich depths of paradoxical imagery: nakedness and ‘lothing city and ature, hua beings andthe cy life and death Questions to Consider: 1. Can you trace the relationship between “implicy” and "dep in Wordswor’s poems? 22. How does Wordsworth confon the tual wok in his work? ‘ox he Teng Comp ined Paerip 7 Lecture Three Life and Death, Past and Present ‘Scope: This lecture focuses, it fal on small group of legis calle the ‘Luy" poems about tional gi who died. Wordwort's poetic achicvemeat in this sequence is remarkable because it demonstrates his erst in “order states" the boundries betee sleep and waking death an ie, one person and anahe. Remarably spe and Stariagly deep, te poems ap into Wordswrt's istintive ges. ‘Weithen move toa ref examination oftvo lange rel mations, “inter Abbey" and "Ode: nitions of immoral,” which develop ‘Wordsworts ideas about the growth ofthe indivual sol and rece! bis interest in peyehology and the ways human life ivoles constant arenes of bs and compensation Outline | This etre deals wih teres of son posts and two of Wordoworth's eat longer poems. 1, The socalled “ney” pooms wer componc in the wiser of 1798-179, which Wordsworth pen wit is ssi Gos, Germany. 'A. “She Delt Among the Untrdden Ways” loks simple but i actualy ieee casera nace oe eat eee come E The potapproteshis vers conage in ain of ee. Se ees 4 EES: ecw Soe .* Baa Licance! mes bub it be ® 0m The Tein Company Ltd Pent 4. plac comes to represent the person whom the poet associated with ie . “A Slumber Did My Spit Seal” is he shortest end mos perplexing of | the Lees poe 1L- Thestructuis important novo stanzas, we have the gi al then dead: ad we have the oet asleep and now awake 2. Was coreet or ncoret in sealer assumption abut Lucy's inmoral tats? 3. The poem sa pertt pce of ambigny TL, “Tint Abbey" (1798) was Wordsworth’ fia and climate contrition ‘othe volume of rial Balla. ‘AL The scene of Wordswors walk was destroyed abbey which in 1798, was requnted by gypsies and omelss people 3. The Industrial Revolution was begining 1 pollute the Woe River (C. Looking bck, the poet announces that nhs youth, ve years previous, nature was ohm “all in al.” 1D. Now, be has come sppecite the sil sa music of hua” EE, Atpoem’s end, he adiesses his ssa, standing befor him, She 3 mor or epetion of wht he once was The poom’'s main theme i remembering and reoletng. 1V. “Ose: imation of Immoral” (1804) was begun in 1802, ut Wordsworth gta far asthe end f the fourth stanza before etching an impase [A. Coleridge showed him the way, wi his own “Deloction: An Ode” (2 Lecture Eight) B.A youthful felng of wonder at nature hasbeen ost. Al obits of| Sense have lest he feshness fa dream with wtih they had Been lated inthe poet's imagination G. Now he is eminded of los by looking at series of singe folate object a lower, are, fed . Hest uy to figure out some compersation some way ou of his os, E. He fist contemplates the Platonic myth of preensence and bith the betioning ofa process of Forgetting. F. He thiks ofthe eld a he best philosopher. 6G. Finally, he gives thanks Fr the doubts he has emtertsine H, ‘These allow him wo sory inthe metaphorical “new-born rightness” of | ach day and 1 gain an adult perspective onthe depron of tine {the compensations of experience Questions to Consider: ‘Can you trace the tre of ref and Wordsworth’ itera retest of it throughout te Lacy poems? What changes nd what mars of consistency can you discover beeen the 1798"Tiner Abbey” andthe 1802-1804 Trimations oe? How does choice of posi farm aft the poem's meaning? Lecture Four Epic Ambitions and Autobiography Scope: This isthe fi of tw lectures om Wordsworth’ epi auobigraphs. ‘The Pralude, which be worked on during his great creative decade (1787-1805) then tinker with fr theres of that Wordsvorth resisted publishing ding his "le indicate the dsntive nate of i poetic genius, Waiting aout ‘ims ives him away of writing about everyone, Deas he aks his ‘wm life as refietive ofthe hun condition, In this vay be isable wo Susy his double ned wo express” o explore the dephs of is rphology and ay something general about human nature. He ‘moves fom his wn self to. consideration ofthe elaionship between ‘ure and hark Outline 1. Wordsworth ws ened for his special rand of egotism, A. Keats refered tthe“ Wordswortian or egotistical sublime” |B. Hiseoldness was on cause fo is radal detachment from Coleridge C. Buthis sense of-Mank misuvings" wa also a cause of his greatest ost 1. Liteal reat poets, Wordsworth gat ambitions from th tar. These involved nhs case the wring ofan ei. |A. The pater ofthe poet's caret was set inthe Fist century BCE. by Vir whose work ofered subsequent European poets a move! for ther own achievements 'B_From Viri trough Dans. Spenser. and Milton. the achievement and the language of epic passed down fom the clasice othe moder age, L. Wordkworthbeea his ret work, Te Pread 1798, without kong inetion he was beading [A. Ho wrotth blk ofthe poe by 185 ang spent the remaining ears ois ie fsing with 1B. Tho oom was pubishod posthumously, in 1850 and now exists ints vigil (1805) Tor sd is published for (1880), 1. Wordsworth considered The Prelude to be merely a preamble to. work (shi he called The cla that was never ished. [A lnstead we have several fagments, plas The Excursion (18), ‘Wordsworth Yngsst finished poem. B,Wihout is knowing, The Prelude managed 0 convey everthing Wordsworth wished 103). Y.Wordswort’fist terama inthe poem was is choice of subject. [AL He considered following he path of Mito, B. He thought of someting fom English istry or some incident rom European histo. G. InBook Lofthe poem, he goes rough his vatous possibilities before rooping down despair ia sate of isolation and conan. , Inhismanascrgt, Wordsvork begins wondering whether his eduction innatar had led hit tah dsapponiment ad thinks back ‘tuldhood day. He begins to witesucbiogaphicaly. Vi. The section known as “The By of Winder” (in Book V) was published separately and gives a seas of Wordsworth's characteristic forms of ‘memo. [AL The boy was origtly Wordsworth himself, as we know fom the emer B,_ He represent an ied! edcation nan shvough rae ©. The boy isn antistinthe-making 1. He blows "mimic hooting Ye te ows onthe ter se of the lake 2. Bute de, VIL Wordsworth hs discovered his ow subject by thinking about hms: He begins wo write his asebograpty. ‘AL Asa genre autobiography is distinctly moder. 1B. Itako has connections to Crissy, because a Christian must ‘consatl examin him or eral in the hope of proving something about sation, ‘VIL, Wordsworth uncovers the erica moment of his yout in What he labels “spots oftie.” [A. These all come from ery childhood. They demonstrate the ways ia which the external world impresses isl ‘onthe chil andthe way in which he mind is uimaely in hare of ‘he extemal wold, Questions to Consider: 1. sie epimate tobe! Wordsworth an egtstcal poet because fis ‘bons? 2 Can you notice coonesons betwen eligious and psychoanalytic males of confessing” an “ememering"? 2 cto Te Tei Copan Lina Pareip Lecture Five Spots of Time and Poetic Growth. Seope: One of Wordsworth’ reat pots clams is his insistence on memory a human subject. In hse clearly foreshadows Fre that grest Romantica the other end ofthe neeathceauy. Frm out memories cometh posbiliy of psycholgial stengthand even, ‘road speaking. a Kind of salvation. In The Prelude, Wordsworth Azals with the “spots of tine thoserecoleton frm ery childhood ‘hat provide sy ads withthe necessary imagine strength 1 become a whole and imegzated perso Outline 1. The Preiade ise dticat poem to read owing ts style and its subj. ‘A. Ther isa prejudice aint the very idea ofa long" poem ify think of poems a shor and eal B. In fick, homeve, Wordsworth was a role mode o many nineteenth Century reders io found in is work a model forte own adn his sense of moral edcation hough ature, a way Yo achieve their Onn independence and incletal mary IE Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Ruski, Mathew Amold, nd George lot were al great admirers. 2 ohn Stuart Mil eres reading Wordsworth wth saving him For srnervos breakdown when he ras 8 youns an 1, Wordsworth’ erly memories, his spots oft,” are ike indgpendent oom woven into the fabri of longer work, ‘AL They ole involve acts of criminal. 1. Stain birds ness, 2 Stealing romboxt and rowing away from shore uni the mouniin scam t0 moan up and elo him 'B. These incidems result ina guilty conseenee and a heightened sense of| imagination. These are he beginning ely ofthe poet ower. IL The spots tine, end mach ofthe naratv of Wordsworth if, enter on his experiences ofthe “sblims,” of elings that ake him beyond the normal ange of human experienc. ‘A. Inthe satngepaode of Book I, we se paradigm for many of Wordsworth’ experiences. 1. Hes with fends but isthe separated from them. 2. He follows the a ofa sar, sips short on his bel, and emer a sate of vero. 3 Hepat hiselrinc a kind of race. (RN The esi Compn ited Pein a B. The las book ofthe emir poem ends with a major “subline” momen involving an epiphany, or eelaton, almost an pocalypic one. 1. Wordsworth cllnbiag Mount Snowdon in Wales wit fens to secthe nie 2. They march ogee but gradually flint heir individual ‘3. Looking down, Wordsworth is sruck by a sue burst of it, tnd he loks apt ee the moon shining hrvgh the mist 29. Stouts, 44. Heras the moon as an emblem of mighty mind conquering ‘5. Thecnlre cplsodeis ikea vision of the end ofthe world IN. Te Preludes bath an epic, tracing Wordswort'sestoraion following bis nervous breakdown when he was iis midswentcs and ends onan propre refi not. |A. He's rtf for is carly upbringing ia mature, whish as given hi strong imagen. He alo thanks the individuals wie fond who ft hi ‘modest acy, and expecially Coleridge to whom the per is oficial (ikea ete) “addressed sho have been heft hin. 1. This proves his ele tha "love of sate leads to bove of man.” 2 Ivalo puts The Prfade inte line of post Milonic eis in English, expel by its subi use of literary exhoes 0 Milton's ‘reat poem, ‘Questions to Consider: 1. What are the iferenes here our expectations of long poem and our expectations ofa shart one? 2 Host do he individual “spots of im,” o hldhood memories, operate individaly an collectively? What isthe lationship between memory an imagination? “ 200 The esis Company Lend Paap Lecture Six Coleridge and the Art of Conversation Seope: This fist of thee lectures en Coleridge focuses 0 on hed of poem, hich he iaboed sho “conversion” poem, a special of his and Wordsworts, in which the poct generates philosophical eas from a ‘contemplation ofa eb ie stuation ina spo place and tine, (Coleridge himself was fous as both a pea talker anda gest procrastinator is ast plans for phllsophieal and poetic projects were ‘most unfilled yet he exerted amar influence onthe couse of English poetry and English philosophical thought inthe nineteenth ‘eau. "The Eoin Harp” and “Ths Lime Tree Boner My Piso” are among Coleridge's most pia an sucesfl experiments wit the language of conversation ia poet. Outline 1LSamue Telor Coleridge was a master of bah pose and poet ke TS. lot and Mathew Amol [A is ret pocms re few in number but highly in eta 1B He ste rears crc in English erate, ML A brief summary of Coleridge's ie explains some ofthe obsessions and tabis of is wor, |A. He wa he youngest of wele children and was an early and voracious reader, arly on, he developed a sense of privilege but as of isoation. ‘Head a stomgly developed sense of riginal sin. His university career was not especialy dings. His early marrage was a dsaster and he spent much of his arid Ie in love with Wordswort's siter-in-law, Sora Hutchinson FF He supported himself by ding else jour and public ec IL Coleridge was aman fil of plane and ideas, most of which neve reached futon 'A. Everyone who met or ard him called him ase fal fhe at ‘of conersaton or of holding forth, mene [B.Ths conventional mastery bad a major impact on the Kinds of poems he wrote and, consequent. on the developeat of Engl Rawantic poetry. IV, The Romantic nature fc of whieh “Tate Abbey” is Wordswort's most fhmoos example, wkd nt ve bee pbc without Coles development fe ger. ‘Te ln a (739) anh mdf ep thei ins pci tng and nacre the oe ie 2. ists teen et hot he roonbipo hms nid ote crude wot 44. The sense of uty ht Cola longs for inthe poem skis goa foreth hana ie and he wrk of 44 Butamore convent sie of hi temperament hep hin fom ‘ingly aes 5 igh who 4 Trepoem bth ras nd spas the rigs Clie’ concerns ceva 1. "Tis Lime Tree Bower My Pn” (177) he stones poem of is stand Tie Asey” nol ot ive ben pose wit Cola’ ame ir bev Coleridge behind while Chars Lamb and ether fens po fr a aemoon wah “Teil inage recur of oh edo and inpenent Cee vc mnagies th sigs hat hi ede viewing 44 Come be eee hin om is depression hy ingot ino expres of aor pero ‘& Theper Gaetie nh mero would ne al he ow of Companion, does doug apr and oe ens OF sal emestons The Romie aire rc donates te Rona nr n smn conmtons eveen pl, beech objets inte natal ‘orn bsoeen espe anos obj or olen, pel eps emesis tit hee aoe ew td sro" Questions to Consider: How does your kaowledge of Coeie'life contribute to your appreciation of his poetry? 22. What similares nd dierences can you noie between Werdswor's and Colerige's“consersaton” poems? 200 The Tein Compan Lint Pachip Lecture Seven Hell to Heaven via Purgatory Scope: ‘This lecture covers Coleridge's tee most “othe” poems, which mt. representa ifferent Kind of Roma rm the convertion poms. Fe and Wordsworth wanted, n Zico! Ballads, to compose poetry ht ‘was ordinary and elisticand to compose poet tat was exotic and “imaginative.” “Chistabel" “The Kime ofthe Anciem Mariner.” and ‘Kubla Khan ae all diferent site experients ll show the range and dept of Coleridge's wide reading. Most importa re mysterious and finshed. Coleridge, devise o many plans has ef | ‘vith ret posi agents, which ack he Kind of conelasive ending that we ofen vale nat Outline ‘Coleridge's Bele in the “esemplastic™ imagination led him to design works ‘ofa that atempted reconcile opposition ino orzanle uni |A. His retest logy of poems, “Cvsbel “The Rime ofthe Ancient Mariner," nd “Kubla Khan." joumey fom damraton through purgatory 19 versio ofa paradise word, 1B al of hese poems are incomplete in one way or another. G Consequemly, we se a diferet fet ofthe Romantic or Coeridgean Imagination: no matter how har ees to make finshed or ntepated ‘works of at he olen comes up sh, faving is readers with Fragment ofthe whole ‘The “otic syle was extremely popula n England at this tie. ‘A. Coleridge lume ta fairytales and oter roman, exotic works help to develop a this forrest and"whole” things rather than ile parts 'B. The gothic abo ofeed one model for poems nthe Lyrica Ballad G tallowed Coleridge to balance the conventions of Christa, side of is imagination, withthe more radical, or beterodox sie “Christe” ells tae of rime and seduction, but it was never isd, for reasons we cn only imagine. ‘Av The heroine's nme combines those of wo important victims, Chit sand Abe. B. Coleridge waned 1 show how “he viewous of this word sve the wicked Ge atempted wo do ona very peut, ot emily orginal, verse form 22 The Tecig Comp Line Fao " AV, “The Rime ofthe Ancien Marne” eof the 1798 Lyrical Ballads. Wis 8 tale of erime and punishment, which comes to a suecesfl asic ead (ole “Chvstabe), even hough the Marne inel sted 0 go around the wor forever. repeating hist |AL The poem's ending preach a Sunday shoo! moral that i inadequate to exphin the events that have occured, 'B.The poem is famed” marae, withthe Mariner ling his alto @ ‘Weaiing Guest, whom he stops ctside church 1, Ordinary sci and human ifs has eon shanced 2. The Wein Guest is flected bythe ale and rerains ike the Marner, something of an ouside fo the et oh ie sa result other thet G The king ofthe albatross by the Marne is an event entirely unprovoked und unexplained 1h It seems ike something fom a work of Pench existentialist era. 22 tis grtous insult he “ome life within ws and abroad.” 3. Itdemonsrates orisina in Ic gives the Marner his dtintive enti. 'D. The Marine rust ton fr his sin, an his blessing ofthe water skes ‘begins i penance an his forgiveness for is rina rine. E.Theppoom's ending, in which the Marine lls his tal othe Hermit snd the Plot and, afterwards, tthe Wedding Guest tums even his ‘mysterious work into something Uke a“conversaton” pos. 'V. “Kubla Khan” i the mos! fous ayzent poem in English and hs always been printed wih Coleridge's explanatory note, complaining of his inability tons the poer owing tothe ara this cottage of person rom Perock who bad ome on business. This is generally ow thought by eres to bem excuse tht Coleridge ataches othe poet. ‘A. Kubla's Xanadu is aversion of paradise, “decreed” by its erator and ‘miraculously conning many opposing natural deals 1 Kubla himself becomes version of God or ofan at (©. The third stanza of the poem sens tobe ofan etre ifirent order ‘om th fs ere the poet has second vison this ime ofa fem ats, who sings and plays on a dulce ,_Thepoem,alihough offically airagment”is inf complete tis 0 depition of the artiste imagination at work. Questions to Comer: 1. What can you say about Coleridge's "mor universe") 2. Canapoem be a fegment nd a complete whole atthe sme time? 200 The eating Company Lima Parneip ‘Scope: Ihas long been hough Lecture Eight Rivals and Friends hat Wordsworth would never have developed he id adhe not ll nde he influence of Colerige, Tei erative Collboraon and endship are probably the greatest xarpl ofthe ‘comple interaction berween tw senises in al of Elis ert, ‘Coleridge admire and envied Wordworth in equal doses, We cat tke the measure of Colerige’s feelings by examining one poem hat eame ‘ut of then fed Bak ina, one of Wordsworth’: namely. "Dejecton: ‘An Oe” which Coleridge wroe after reading the fist for stzas of ‘Wordsworth’ "immorality" og and which hen inspied Wordsworth to fash his pcm Ia addition, e tal ok atthe strange response Wordswort’sPrfade ended "To Wiliam Wordsworth” in which (Coleridge s bth aved and humbled by his iend's reat echievement Outline Coleridge perhaps the most immediately sympathetic of he Romane oss because ofhis weakneses aswell ain sents ‘A. He was extremely generous a ren, however needy he al was 'B. His character was most ested in his relationship with Wordsworth, ‘whom ie elped e mod ad whom he came to bot ove and envy. Coerge always fl his own inadequate mos strongly in elton to Wordswert's cease, swell as 9 Wordsworth’ hepper domestic life [A Antsialy speaking, Wordsworth was able to wrt more ily and ‘with eater Sense of purpose ant complete his projets |B. But Colridae mas alo abl to see clearly his ends defects and his 1. The Biographia Literara unig and pec wrk, ithe ist and, in some way, the mos important era erin of Wordsworth. 2 Coleridge thought tha some of Wordsworth’ lms forthe poets jo were simpy locus 3 ‘Atthe sae ne, he col se the beats of Wordnont's verse, Ine poem “To Wiliam Wordsworth,” Coleridge messes his own achievement against hat of his end, who a jest completed The Prelnde, his great philosophical and autobiographical poem. |A.Ashelistens to Woedswrth recite the poem, Coleridge is ull of respect and sels. 2002 Te Thing Comp Lie Peep » 1B. He mast wonder, “Where ism great pie poem? Why hve Lledo do is?” 1. His greatest poem of lar” sto speak, is “Deen: An Ode,” writen in 1802 ava respons to theft fur Stnzas of Wordsworth “imations os Scope: Blake |AL This sa perfet example of Romantic nature yi. begins wit ‘atral della storm is brewing—and ices back to he onsite ‘word atthe en Ie isaleo adres to Sara Huson, the woman wih whom ‘Coeridige was in ove C. teis poss tha brilalydepes a tate ofcinia depression, wish Coleridge sties this own Hamie-ike charac, hi copay for too mich sbarct thinking 1 Inthe Middle Ages athe Renaissance, his condition would have ben led “aed” of “osdie" asin of sii por or dynes L 2 For Coleg, any grat pain would be preferable wo this state of sonfeelng. 1D Coleridge tes he has ost he joy that he ha when youth, a oy that ‘sus the equremen: forget creative achicvement 1. He calls this pomer the “shaping spit of imagination.” 2. He connects it original blesenes, s opposed o eign sin, E.Atthe poem's end he eres to foes Solely on Sara Hutchinson, tv st al hope fr hel apd his ow achievement ‘Ve One last pom, a sonnet ented "Work Without Hope” (1825), shows why {Coleridge fealty master of ilar It express hi sense of sterility ar hopelessness Ie places te pos in conto eveything else in the natural word ett does so with reat eretv eon ‘Coleridge sounds tke TS lt Prfteck, cut of rom human beings, rte, nd al esol graifcation. eo RP Questions to Conse 1. Trace the relationship between eny nd amiation in Coleridge's responses o Wordsworth 2 Analyze as closely as you can the various stages of Coleridge's “ejection, 13 Considerhow one can bea succes at fare m » 2002 he eating Comp Lined Pain Lecture Nine Wiliam Blake: Eccentric Genius the els econ in English erature, aan famous in the history of prinmaking (orth ws ats in general) she poetry. He not nl devised anew way of printing his own work, Felving ona process he termed “elie ehing,” bt he aso integrated Picture and tet na way hat beakers back o medieval iluminced ‘manuscripts. Among his ther achievements, Blak also invented a ‘noe mythology in his pope books, with characters daw fom ‘ther the Bible nor clsseal mythology. We begin our disusion of Blake's poety by examining his wondetl Songs o/ Fonoceee Outline Wain Bake i the major eccentric nthe EnlishHierary ado, |A. He was equally important sa poe anda visual ats rai a ‘engraver of his ov work His work was ot conventionally printed or dstibuteds for these reseons, an Yor his symbole obser, be was bt widely read or own nti the twentieth entry C.Hisise in popularity canbe wate, par othe radial sities in ‘Briain and Ameria, when be mas looked ona 3 kindof pie precursor. ‘Blake was primarily a Londoner, born nd bred [AH came kom to urban middie clases; his father was ahs, B. He was apprenticed tan engraver atthe age of en, afer which be ‘wie mere he Royal Acadeny. C His sense fat and of his own purpose was tos wih se ‘convertion aesthetic norm of th tine. 1. Mostly he worked quietly in London wth his wife and ved atthe ‘eater of radial pola rls. |As adie, but alo as aman of om age and pce, lake deserves our ston in several ways A. Intems of elgion although he was fr fom aconvesional Chistian, hewa deeply pious Not a uiversty man, he was slfducted and created what was ‘seta his om highly iosynete mythology ns vast ple propel poem. (2m The Techie Compe Lines Maen a (C He also mascred ceria verse form that we cit with he ahtonth ena, rater than he Romane age ofthe nineteenth ety: specifically epic, ste, children’s Iter, epigrars, an hymns 1D. Bloke was an secomplishes pri poet asa tennge, 25 his ety Son, “Hw set roamed fom fl 0 fod" demonstrates IV, The Sumas ofmvocence and Esperene, published fist singly, then together i Blake's most frous ork andthe best noduction io his se, ‘seas, and techn, [Ac He developed for thes books his vm new way of engraving, mich ‘was rtm in prt to the manuscrp edition ofthe pre-pit Mile Aus 1. The tex of he poems ad thir illustration are itr is impossible wo understnd one without the ober 2. ‘Blake would doan engraving. thea print fom = copperplate, aterwards hand boring the finised pags wth pen and sateen Theo books are meant to show “the wo contr sites of the Human Sa 1. Innocence and experience exist ina sequence, the way 9 hil moves fom the carlo theater tate 2. They aso exist simukancously within aay human soul, a pio prodatively warring “conaris” YV. The bes ay to hink of Blake a nats and thinker is sa revolutionary, lala, and an ions. |AL He supponed the American and Freach Revolution and seKom wavered in is enthusiasm for rade! poicl activites B. He was lo radical otro i religion and his atts toward sexuality, (CAs alas he i inthe tne established by Pato and extending ‘rough Immanuel Kart and Kal Mar 1.) For diletiin, rth say achieved by he warfare betwen, andthe reconciliation of opposing forces, whether a ess ce sacl eaes. 2. ForBlke, "without contrac i no prosression” (The Mariage of Heaven and Hel ‘VL As an cons in he eighteen cemuy din, Blak often makes it hard to know how we sould understand or har his pocms. This especially, tne with regard tothe Songs of mccenee and sperience [AL In The Pipe,” we havea datcal movement rm avr, 0 er, 10 8 combination of tet. 2 {202 Te Thing Company Linke Pahip 1. tis pastoral poem tha traces the move from rl parfommanes to wwting. 2. Itisasoa chil’ nursery lyme that version of histarical progres 23. The pasiorl nt in many ofthese poems i radionl one, combining the figures of shepherd fm Greco-Roman and Jnaco= (Christan erature (eg, "Th Shepherd") In other poems fom thi volume, the tone harder oascetain , “The Lamb," =The Ezchoing Gree”) CSoxulty becomes subject, even in a state of innocence (@g.“The Blossom”), ._Atove all interns of social protest ad irony, we hve Blake's poems ‘of ota which wl prompt dierent responses ro ds nd chien 1. "Holy Thustay” aks ws to “cherish ply” but Blake ell finds this tude indefensible. 2 "The Chimney Sweeper fears a speaker who mouths Christian iets, which me are clearly meant o hea as hypotital latitudes designed wo kep the por in their place, ‘3. "The Lil Black Boy” aks uso se though he establishment's se freligious ah to justi soil oppression, ‘Question o Consider: 1 Cano think of individuals who soczed in two diferent at forms sally? 2. How can we ascerin the roper “tone” for any of Blake's poems? 3. Cana poet be, simulaneousl, deeply eis and politically radical? 200 he ech Company Line Pain » Lecture Ten. From Innocence to Experience Blake imagined innocence and experience as “two contrary tts,” ‘which exit ot just sequentially nny individual, who moves om ‘hildhood to adulthood, but lo siultancously. Each stat has is ‘istintve conlitins themes and sles, “The Tyger,” “London,” and ‘fom difereat manacrp "The Mental Traveler” re poe ha xempliy the conditions and lemmas of experience Outline ‘The Sng of Experience (1794) comes and deepens the hemes and Techniques of The Songs of Imocence (1789); these poems ar leary mean to be ead in tandem with he eri poems |A. “The Tyger Is probably he most famous poem in he volume 1. "Tepes a serous theologieal question about the nature of pomer and evi inthe universe 2 Tell bow siya |S Ironic, bu also appropiate. Blake is himself symmetrical “tamer” nbs oem. |. Other poems in the volume del wit the theme of ewaliy but now tier from Blake's wetment in Sngs of Tncence 1. "Ah, Senflomer” dramatizes ie pight of xual repression. 2. ¥My Pretty Rose Tre” an anette about scx ie. C.-Represin and its vis came another major theme throughout ‘Blake's wrk. 1, “The Garden of Love” sbws the eet of denial and repression especialy with regard orthodox rion “Tondon.” probably the gett poem a the volume, shows the Interelaonsip among lial religious, nd economic forms of npesson 3. nll these poem, simple social ourage is complicated by Blake's ito, his detion and ome subleundercurres of eling Ashe was working onthe to volumes of Songs, Blake was abo writing in ‘tier poet forms and begining 0 develop the mythologies tat he would ‘expand in his lage prophetic books. [Ac “The Crystal Cabinet” is ballad dealing with sex nti trap cmequences B,lishero is ef upon wil, the a weeping babe C. The same fignre appears in Blake's ballad “The Men Traveller” 1. Here we have human pliteal, and a religious fable alin ne ion and its 202 The Techn Company Lite Paton ‘The poem alludes wo sch fires sess, the Nose god Lokl and the Grek Prometeus all of whem ae serial igre, 3. Italo ponays various ese of bh, growth, senescence, nd death, Which hae connotations ca varios level. . InAuauries of lmacence,” Bike honed his kl as a iter of ‘params. IP Thi saris of provers an example of Blake's commitment te cighteenth-cenury aesthetics, spite ofits rail coment. 2. ‘Blake preoces a doctrine of imaginative o visionary openness, ‘which wll ead him to the greater revelations and dana of his roptetic books. ‘Questions to Consider: 1. Whatis he reetionhip betwen social oppression and pycholgial and «motional repression? 22 How many of Blakes poems might be recommends to chien? 2102 Te Teaching Conpan Lined Pameip Fa Lecture Eleven Blake's Prophetic Books Scope: Blake's most important lilelong project was the composition of ast, epic poms tac were viulyunreod and untied ul the middle of the went century. We now recognize them as his major ‘achievement This lecture wil prepare you fr those “majo” prophecies by looking athe shorter poems in which Blake bens to explore the hens, sles and erasers, of his more ambitions epics The Book of Tel” isthe ory ofa young virgin who istered af fe; “Visions of the Daughters of Albion” te ofthe Fist ples for fre love in English poe and The Book of Uz” gives us, in ‘miniature, Blake's myth ofthe four creates ("08") who makeup any individual man. Iris sory ofreton andthe fal, modeled on bib eal stories but with Blake's own odd tet Outline 1 Blke's major work was the creation of new mythology a projet involved his energies between 1798 and 1804 and that achieved 8 Calmiatio in The Four Zour, wopubished dating his iti. ‘A. Themmytology involves quant of brothers ("2m is the Grek word for living creatures) who eat sets in harnoay, somes in turmoil thane another 1B These igus reappear in lake's ter epics, Mltow and Jerse, 1 Inthe 1790s, Blake teean working on ia uns forthe longer rope books, |A. “The Book of Lrizen” describes the action of the tie charater, Who combines the tis of sn OW TesaentJchoval and rani Philosophers (whom Blake hate), sec as Newton, Lost, and Bacon, BL Thebook sa versio ofthe biblical Genesis and Execs 1 Iisatale of eration. 2 Itlsaloatale offal rom hamony into chaos and disorder, both psychologically and eosmically GB was bezoning to ace he daketical movement oa revolutions: one generation's rebel becomes the nex! generation's brthodos ruler IML “The Book of The” (1789 isadeicate work that races the sous it ino experience ‘AL Thel (Greek for “desire isa gir whois shown vision oi % ‘210 The Tein Comp Lied Patetip 'B. Ina series of conversations with natural element she fol what ie ietke ‘G. Having been shown a vison ofa fe that leads evento death, Tel refses ob bom 2 . The delicate poem dramatizes the flue ofthe hun wil 1V. The “Visions ofthe Dauphers of Albion” (1783) reveals Boke a rato: feminist [AL The pogm dramatize the interrelations among saver. econ, ec the sexual repression of mariage. B. tis one ofthe eae and most important defenses of fee love. 1. ts fale protagonist, Othoon ruined by two men shes ape bythe sve der Bren hen ejected ty er er hsb Sethe fst character in Ble to mention the nae “Urizen” x the emboiment of jelous pavarhaloppresion ‘A She clas nr Blkean fishin that “everything ta lives i hol.” 4 But her pleas are unheard, an she sis at he end of the oer ‘bound together wth he two men. The dialectic has gone nowhere There as been no progression. ‘Vs Blake's most unusual work is the prose satire The Mariage of Heaven and ella prophecy of both Ka Mars and Sigmund Free. ‘A. The terms ofthe tare tured upside down. Everything is seen and take nial. 1. Heaven refers to convetona widom and goodness bt relly nde word for repression 2 aliens bering emerge andes, magi, 3 Thetwo term o forces ust lays exist ina harmonious bale with ae anther, becuse no progression canbe achieved without BB. Blake uses the terminology and sm ofthe pilosphy ofthe religous iyi Emanel Swederbor (1688-1772), who pected rextoraton ‘of abalace beeen good and evi G. Thebook i among other tings. diary or taselogus, in which Blake reports hisexperiences sn anew underground cunt 1.) Heuses many leary forms, especialy the anecdote an the spigram. 2 Tlerecounts hs mectngs with angels nd devils and his own ‘papain nthe experience of new order. (200 The Tech Compr ied Pep ” 3. He coneus that “postion sue fiends” and he paves he va forthe more el inclement. onary Romantic movement ofthe Questions to Consies 2 Consider the lationship beeen mythology (especialy vigil myth. ‘making and ene post 1s The Mariage of Heaven ad Hell» poem? Does it have uy, 8 t ‘merely amiselany of varios episodes? {2012 The Teaching Compa Lin Putaip Lecture Twelve Women Romantic Poets ‘Scope: Ate haley point ofthe sre, we stop fora momento ake abet look at some ofthe women poets who were undoubtedly more popular (and commercially more ueeessfl) than the six male fges whom we ow abel the cental Figures ofthe age OF these, tworepresnave ots are Felicia Hemans (bom we now remember athe sutor of *Casbines") and Charote Turner Sith, both of whom were edi ty thei male contemporaries an infec bythe, thre a Female sie to Romanticism contalns both domes themes and politcal ones. Outline 1. Wecome tothe mgpoint of this series of tare, tothe break ence the save fst st second generns of English Romani poets ‘A. lake, Coleridge and Wardswort were ll working athe top of tee farm the 1790, x decade of radical political and social activ 1B. The promise ofthe French Revolution encouraged bea hoaghe throughout Europe C. By the time ofthe deta of Napoleon a Water and the Congres of ‘Viena the eres of ola reaction and social conservatism 8 well sea fear and hared of al things French, ha overtaken most of Europe nd Grea Briain ‘Byron, Sholey, and Keats ame of age ding the second decade ofthe nietenth entry in which he Peteloo Massacre (August 16, 1819) became a symbol fr repressive trans at home. 1, Tobie the gap between the ro seaeatins of poets, appropriate to take a look atthe most popular ater han the mow “inti terms ‘ofterary isos) writers ofthe day the wom post. A. Women were a mainstay ofthe reading publi, especially with regard 10 Fiction B. Excluded fom higher education the women who became riers were largely selfaught or had the advantages of forsardhinking parent. (C. The momen authors were mor poplar and earned more money than the si Romantic poets we now teach the coe ofthe Romane Felicia Dorotca Browne Hemans (1793-1838) was ne ofthe most populie suthos ofthe century a Boh Briain and Amie 002 Te Thing Coy ini Pap » Educated at home, sbe had the go forune to ave supportive pens and prodigious menor. Her work caught the eye of young Prey Shel. Her literary ouput vas ng ad varied Her popalr poems both support and subuly etc some Romantic and atonal pti. 1. “Casablanca” (The Boy Stood on he Burning Desk”) gives ws womans view ofa limos Byrenic hero, 2, The pao poem values loyally and fil devotion at eas as tech pct ‘3. "The Homes of England” sors an exentialyconsrative « soe worldview of the English stats 0. “The Graves of Household” kaos everthing at very general level, but depcs the dinsolaton of fail though ization sand warfare Chacko Turner Smith (1749-1806), of lily older generation, hada ‘wide ull and artistic education bat entered upon a dsttrous mariage and was forced to eam living o supper herself and bor ma ehren, ‘AL Her output was aso wide and varied and extremely popular Her Sonnets were extraordinary received and influenced the youn ‘Wordsworth and Coleridge ‘Se alo wrote en nove er pets inl experiments in sverl genes and prove hero have Ind curious and wide-ranging inlet, 1D. Two eampes of her em denonseate her charetrstiestrengis and weakesss. The fist son fhe pial soant 1. “On Being Catone Against Walking on an Hendlnd” fa good xample of Smits handling of sonnet coveatons. 2 Italso depicts a tanard Romane character —the madman or lumatie—who i bot the opposite of, and the tandin fr, the poet |3. Thestructre and stax o the sain show her elatonsip to ‘what Coleridge called “the oe life within us and abroad” “Beachy Hea (1807) proves tat Smith nt only influenced the young \Wordsworts bu was aso, in tun infoenced by hi 1. Iisa leamed“heo-deseripive™ poem. 2 it comain vast acts of itr botanial,an topographical deal ‘3 It blurs he houndaries between the public and pate elms. ‘Questions to Consider: 1 Bs ‘What makes a poem enduring? Or goo? Or popula? Isher sucha thing as “feral” viewpoint? ee The Tecieg Compr Lined Parmele Poems From Lecture One (Wordsworth) Toa Buoy Tee watched you now aula: Here es your wings whe they ae ou, ‘weary: Selepoied upon that yellow Nower; Her Todge a ina snctusry! ‘An itl Bune indeed Come often ow, fear no wrong: ov niyo sleep fed. Sitpear us on he Bough How motonles'—not Rozen sas Wel a of sunshine and of song, ‘Mare motionless! and then Aad samme dys when we Were ‘What joy alts you, when the breeze young ath fou you out among the wees, Sweet es dys that were fon ‘And eallsyou Fh again -Avoenty days are now “This plot of orchard ground is ous: My tees they are, my Sister's ower: rom Lecture Two (Wordsworth): The Two April Mornings ‘We walked along while bright and second ine did Mathew sop: re ‘And Fixing stil his eye prose the mring sun ‘Upon the sae moun tp, And Mattie stopped, he looked. and To mehe made reply sai 1 wil of Jone!” “Yon cloud with that long purple cleft 70 sas ‘Brings fresh into my mind ‘A village schoolmaster was he, ‘a ike this which hae et Wi iro glitering gre: Flthiy years behind, As blithe aman 2s you could see And jot above yom slope of com One sei Sc acon ‘Andon thatmoring, trough the Wer inthe sky, at Apel mor, Of this the very brother “With od and tne Led the sport Which that sweet season eave, ‘And bythe teaming cil, ‘We traveled memo pass Hey mana And, the churchyard come, topped "Our work" sid .waswellbegun, short ‘Then, fom thy breast wha thought, Beside my daughier’s grave, Beneath so beautiful asin, So sada sigh has rought?™ “Nine summors hash scarcely seen, To see child so very far, The ride of al te vale Tewasa pare delight? Ad he se ange would have been “No fountain from is rocky cave ‘Avery nightingale er ripped with fot 0 fee ‘She seemed 3s happy asa wave “si fet in earth my Ex ly That dances onthe Se ‘And yt loved her more, Foto it seemed than til that day [er hd loved Beto “here came fom me a sigh of pain ‘Which coud confine, looked at her, and looked agai: “And, ting from her gave, et, And id not wish ermine” ‘Beside the churchyard se, ‘Matthew sia his grave yet 20%, ‘Aooming Gin whose hi was wet Methinks Ise him and ‘Wilk points of momsing den, ‘As altha moment, witha bouh (Ot widing in his and “basket on her bash bare, Hert was smooth and whe The Fount We atked with open hear. and ‘The spring beneath he ee: tongue ‘And us the dear ll Man eid, Aetinat and rs, ‘Aro ends though as young ‘And Mathew sever) “The greyed man of glee: “No check no stay this Steamlet, a We lay Beneath spreading oak, Ho merit it goes! Baska mossy seat “will murmur on thousand years, ‘And rom the tra fomtin broke, And low a nos iNew, ‘And gurgled at cur et. “and bere, om his delight day, No Matthew” sid “kets {cannot choose bu tisk match How oft a vigorous man ay ‘This water's lesan rane Bese this oumiin's rink. Wish some ol border song. or cach That uta sane s oon “My eyes are di wit childish ers, My bert fly timed, “or ofthe churh-lock end he For the same sound is ia my ears chimes Which in those days ead Sing here beneath he shade That halfmad thing of winyPiymes “Thus fares itl in ou decay: Which you lst Apr made” ‘And yt the wiser mind Mourns ls for hat age takes away Inskence Matthew lay, and eyed Than what it eaves behind My life hasbeen approved “And mony lve me: uty nome ‘Am Feng beloved” “The blakbied ami ey res, The rk above the hill Let lose ther carols wien hey pen, “Now both himself and mee ‘Ae ait wen they wil ‘wrongs. ‘The man io thos complains! Hive and sing my ile songs ‘Upon these happy pains: “With Nature never do they wage ‘A ool sie they see ‘Ahapey youth, and hee old age 1s teal and re: “and, Matthew, fr thy eildren dead Fite a son tothee!™ “Bui we are presed by hewy laws: Athi he grasped my han, and ai, And offen, gad no moe, "Alas that cannot be” ‘We weara face of oy. beease We have bee glad of yor ‘We rose up fom the fountain Aa down the smooth descene Ofte seen shep-tack did We sie ‘An trough the Wood we wen: there be one who nee bemoan His inde li inert, ‘The household hears that were is on Aa ere me came to Lenses rock, Tec the man of minh He sang tose ity hme About the ry ol chreh-clock, ‘My days Fiend, are almost gone, Ar! he hewldered chimes Naring —teseems a day (Lape of one from many singled ou) ‘One of those heavenly dys that eannot de; ‘When, in the eagerness of toyish hope, ef our cottgeshrestol sallying forth With huge walle er my shoulder sng, -Arutig-erook in hand and vere my tops “Tow some farsa Wood, a Figure qin, ‘Hicked out in proud dng of caso eds Which or tha sevice hal een husband, ‘By exhortation of my aga Dame Mate acoutremen, of power to smile “Atoms and brakes and brambles —and in rath, ‘More mgd han need was! O'epaless oct, “Tyoush beds of mate fer, and ange tikes Forcing my ay, eame to one der ook ‘Unvisted,whete nota beoken bough Drooped wih is withered leaves ungrsios san (devastation: butte hazel ose Tolland ect, wth enpting ches hang, ‘Avira Sens! lit wil stood, Breathing with sch suppression of he art AAs joy digi: an, wih wise estat Votptsous eres of val sed ‘The banque—or Beneath he ees ale Among th lowers, and with the Nowers I played: ‘temper known a those who, ater long And weary expectation, ave been blest. ‘Wit siden bppiness beyond al hope Perhaps it asa bower beneath whose eaves The violets of five seasons re-appear ‘And fe, unseen by any humane ‘Whte fairy wate-breats do mum on Forever and say the sparking foam, ‘And-—vth my eee on ose of those green stones That, feseed wih moss, under the shady res, Lay found me, scattered lik flock of sheep — [hard the mar andthe mamring sun, Int swect mood when plese loves pay Tribute to ese: and, oft joy secure, The heat uxarits with iinet things, Wasting is kindness stocks and stones, ‘And ot the vacant ai. Then up roe, ‘And dragged to eat oth ranch ad bough, with cash ‘And meres ravage: and the shady ook ‘Othazes, andthe green and mossy bower, Deformed and sulle, patiently ave wp ‘Their uit being: and unless now Confound my present feelings withthe pst Ere from the mutt bower {ema uutng rich beyond the weak of Kings, elt sense of pain when bel ‘The silent ees, and sate ited ky — ‘Then, dese Maiden, move along hese ads In gsnleness of est with gee hand Touth—for thee is spirit inthe woods 20 The Techie Copan Lie Parectip Composed pon Westminter Bride, September 3, 1802 Earth hasnt anything to show more fi Dll would he be of oul who could pss by Aight so ouching i is majesty This City now dot, ikea garment, wear ‘Thebes ofthe mornings, bare, Ships towers, domes, theatres, and temple lie ‘Open unt the fel andi the sky: All bright and glitering inthe smokeless "Never id sin moe besufilly seep Ins tet splendour, vale, rock, arbi, [Neer saw Tyner fl, a calm so dep! “The iver lide tis own set wll: Dear Goal the very houses sem alep ‘And al that mighty heating til! From Lecture Taree (Wordsworth: ‘She Dut among tho Unrln Ways ‘She dvelt among the unrodien ways —Fair aa str, when ony one Beside the springs of Dove Ts shina in the sh A Maid whom there were nape 12 prise She lived unknown, and fe could ‘a very few to love now When Lacy ceased to be A soley a mosey stone ‘But she sia her grave nd oh, alten frm the eye! ‘The diference ome! Srange Fs of Passion Have Kvown ‘Strange its of passion hive I known ‘Anil ret tll, a ‘Buti the Love's a lone, “hone paths to dea tome. ‘What nce to me betel suckering pce my ors ree And now we reached te orchard ‘Wen se loved looked every day lot Fresh sa rove in Jane, ‘Ando climbed the bill, he eotage beat way ‘he sinking moon Lucy’s cot Bench an evening, Come nea, and nearer tl Upon the moon I fixed my ep, In one of those sweet dream I sep, Allover the wide ets Kind Nature's geet boon! Audalltbe while my eye hep 2002 The Techn Cong ini Pap os (On te descending moon My horse moved on: hoof after hoof He raed, and never stopped: When doin bein the cog ro Aone, the bright moon dropped Three Years She Grew ‘hice years se grew in sun and ‘shower. ‘Then Nature sid, "A loveliee omer On cath was nove sown: “This Child 110 myself wil ake; ‘She shall be min, and wil make ‘Lady of my own. “Mysoiwillo my dating be ‘Bot wand impulse: and wih me ‘The Gi, in rock and plein, Ineath nd heaven, n glade and ‘bower, ‘Shalit an overscelng power ‘Tokindle or restrain. “She sl be spotive ws the fav “That wild wth le ars the fm ‘Or up te mountain springs ‘And here sal be the breathing balm, ‘A her th silence andthe eal ‘OF mnie senate thins he floating cows heir state shall Tend ‘To er for ber the willow bend Norsbll abe falta se sen in he motion of the Storm What fond and wayward thoughts wll ‘lie Into a Lovers head! sO mery" to myself cred, “Icy shouldbe dea!” 1 Sum and Shower (Grace that shall mold the Maidens “orm ‘By sllen sympathy “The stars of midnight shal be dear ‘Toh; and she sl lan he ar Inmany a seere place (Where rivets dance thei wayward roand, ‘And beauty bor of murmuring sound Sl pass into her fice “And vil fesigs of delight Stull earher orto stl eit, Her vega bosom sel: Such thoughts oy {wil ive While she and ogee ive Herein this happy dl: ‘Thus Nature spake—The work was one How soon my Lucy's ace was runt She died, and let ome ‘This ath hcl, and quit cee “The memory of wat has ben, ‘And ever more willbe. A Slumber Did My Sprit Sal A slumb id spit sea Td no ham fears: ‘he seemed a thing that cold no fe “The ouch of ety yer ‘No motion has she now, n Fores ‘She nie hears or ees; Rolie ound in ears uma couse, ‘Wat rocks, and toes, dre. (Oe: timation of nora from Recollection of Early Chto “ mm Th Toning Company Las Paap (exer) “The Childs fer ofthe Manz ‘And could wish my das obo ‘Bound each each by natal piety wv ‘Yeblesed Creatures, Ihave Beard te call ‘Yeto eachother; Isee ‘The Henens laugh with youn your ube: My ear sat your festival, ‘My bea hah is oral, ‘The flles of your ls, eel fel ill (Ohevl day! if ere salen ‘While Fart bereits adoring. This sweet May-moming, ‘andthe Clana culling ‘On every side, Ina thousand valleys far and wide, Fresh Rowers wile te sun shines warn, ‘And the Babe leaps up om his Mother's arm— Thea, Thea, with oy her But there's 8 Tree, of many, one, Ainge Field which Ihave looked upon, Dosh of them speak of something thats gone: “The Pansy at my fet Doi the same tae repeat: ‘whiter isthe vision eam? ‘Whereis ino the gory and the dears? vt Behold the Chi among his new-bom bliss, ‘Asx years’ Daring of pigmy size! ‘See, where “ni work of is own hand be les Fret by sales of his moter Wiss, ‘Wit iat upon him fom his fahe's yes! See, ati fee, some lite plan of chart Some fragment from his dream of uma i, Shaped ty ines with newy-leamed ats ‘Arwen oa festival, ‘A mourning oa fe And this hth nw seat, At unto this eames his sons: “Then will het histongve “Todlalogues of business, love or sti: Butt wll atbe lng Ere this tron aie ‘Am with new jy ad pede ‘Theil Actor cons another prt, Filing rom inet ie hs “hunorous go" ‘With the Pesos, down to paiod Age, ‘That ie brings with hein er euipage: “Asif his whole vocation ‘Were ends imitation vit ‘Thos, whose exerioe semblance dth belie “Thy Soul's immensity. ‘Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep ‘Thy heritage, thou Eye amon the bin ‘Tha, deaf ad silent, reas the eterna deep, aunt forever by the eternal ming, ‘Mighty Prophet Seer blest (On wom those tis do rest ‘Which we are olin al ow vest find, In darkness lost the dks a the roves ‘Thou, over whom thy Immoraliy Broods ike the Day, a Mater oer a Save, ‘\Pesence whieh nto be pt by Thou file Child, yt gorows in he night Oftiearen-bom feedom on thy being’ beh, ‘Why with uch earest pins dost ho provoke ‘The years fo bring the inevitable yoke, ‘Thos bnly with thy blessedness at ste? Fallsoon thy Soul shall have ber earthy ih, ‘And custom lie wpn the rh weit, Heavy as fost and deep amos ie! x © joy! tat in or ener, Is something that doth ive, ‘That rie yet remembers What was so five! ‘The thought of our est years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: ot indeed Fortha whichis most worthy tobe best Delight and titer the simple eed OF Childhood wheter busy rarest, Wit new-fledged hope sil tern ahs beast "Not for these fase ” (22 The Tech Copy Lied Patent ‘The song of thanks and pase: But for thor obstinate questonnss (Of sense and outward thing, Falling Gom us, vanshings: Blank misgivings ofa Creature ‘Moving about in Wer not elsed, Nigh stincs before which our mortal Narre id wemble like a gully Thing suprised Bat forthose ist affections, ‘Those shadowy recollections, Which be they wha! they may ‘Ae et th fountain sight fall our day, Are eta matteright of al our sein ‘Uhold us, cers, and have power to make ‘Our noisy yer seem moment inthe being (Of the ctemal Silence: ruts tat wake, To perish never: Which ace listleseness, nor mad endewvour, Nor Man nor Bo, ‘Nora that a enmity th 5 (Can ucerty abolish o dest Hence in seas of cal weather ‘Thug inland far we be, ‘Our Soulshave sight of that imran ‘Which brought us hse, Canin a moment vel tier ‘And se the Children sport up he sore, Ad et the mighty woters ling evermore x Then ing. e itd, sing sing joyous song! ‘And Ith young Lambs bound ‘Asta the tabor's sound! ‘Wein thought wil join your tons, ‘Ye tha pipe an ye that pay. ‘Ye that though your hers to-day Feel the gladsess ofthe May! ‘What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now freer then fom sigh, ‘Though nothing ca bring ack tbe hour Of splendour the grass, of aor inthe ower ‘We wil give not. rather find Sten what reais bend Inthe primal sympathy Which having been mast ver be: 2002 Te Techn Company Line Pap » {nthe soothing thoughts tha Speing (Out of human suring: Tithe ith that looks hough death tn years that ring the pilosopic ind xt ‘And 0, Fontns Meadows, Hill and Groves, Forebode not ny severing fear loves! ‘Yetin my hear of ears feel your mish only have relingised one delight ‘olive beneath your mre habival sve: Tove the Brooke whic down thet chaos fet, ven more than when {upped lily a they: ‘The innocent brighines ofa new-born Day Ts lovely yet, ‘The Clos that gather round he sting sn Dovake a sober colouring from an eye ‘That hath hep watch oe man’s morality Another rae bath been, and ether palms ae won. ‘Thanks tothe human heat by which we live. ‘Thanks to senders ts os, nd fea, ‘Tome the meunes Mower tha bows can ive ‘Thoughts that do on i too deep or eas From Lecture Four (Wordsworth): ‘The Prelude Book ith except) “There as a Bay: ye knew i wel ye ls And stands of Winandert—rany tine ‘Atevening. when he earliest tars began Tomove along the edges of the hl. Rising oe setng. would he stand alone Beneath the tees bythe linmering lke, ‘And ther, ih Singers interwoven bot ands Presse closely pln opal, and ois mouth plied, eas hough an nsrumet, Blew mimic hotings othe sen ows ‘That they might answer him: and they woud shout Across the watery vale, and shout gi, Responsive toh al with quivering peal, ‘And long aloe and screams, abd echoes aud ‘Redoubled an redoubled, concourse Wild ‘OFjoound dia: and, when 3 lengened pause Ofsilence came and baled his best sil, ‘Then sometimes in tht iene while he bung Listening gente shock of mild surprise ‘Has cared far ino hs bear the woe ‘Of mountain torrents othe vine scene Would enter unavars it his ind, With all its solemn imagery, rocks, lis woods, anda uncenain heaven received Ino the boson of the ead ake “his Boy was aken fom hist, and dad Inchldhood re he was fll wee years od The Prelude, Book Twelfth (excep) “Thee arin ou exience soto That wih distinet pre-eminence ain ‘Arenovating view, whence, depressed By fils opinion and contentious hough, ‘Or aught of heavier or mote dealy weight, In rival occupations, and the ound ordinary intercourse. ow minds ‘Ae otis an invisibly repaieds ‘Avie, by which plssire iene, ‘That penewaes, enables us 10 mount, When high, more high, nd lit us up when allen, ‘This effeacous spit chief lk “Ameng the passages of life ta ive Profoundest knowledge to What pon, and ho, The minds lord and maste—eutvard sense “The obedient servant her wil Sach moments ‘Are catered everywhere, taking thei dae From our fr childhood ‘2 Te Teng Cay Linke Paap “ From Lecture Five (Wordsworth) ‘The Prelude exerts rom Book First) Fale seed time had my soul and Trew up Foster alike hy beauty and by fer: ‘Much favoured ny bth pce and nos Inthat Slowed Valet which ereiong, ‘We ere trampnted—thee were we et lose For pers of wider range Ere 1a 16 ‘Ten binds, ten among the mous slopes Frost, adhe bres of fst wind, ba sapped ‘The ast stun eres, 1995 my oy With store of spenges oer my shoulder hun orange the open eights where woodeocks ran ‘Aeng the smooth green tr, Through athe nih, ‘Sensing sway rom sare to sar, pied ‘That anlous visitation —moon sd tars Were shining o'er my bead vas alone, [Ain seemed to bea truble tothe peace “Tht del tong them. Sometimes tefl In these night wandstings, hat 9 trong ire ‘O'epowered my beter reason andthe bid ih was the eaptve of anothers ol ‘Became my prey; and wben. the ded was done [ear amon the slay ill Ln reathings coming afer me, a sounds Of undisngushable motion, eps ‘Aimost silent asthe ar hey od. ‘Nor ess, when spring had warmed the clued Va, Roved we es plunderersehete the moter bid ad in ih places bul her lodge; hough mean (ar object and ingloriow, yt te end ‘Was not igrobe, Oh! when Thave hung Above the ravens nest by knots of grass ‘An hatin Hsrs in the slippery rock ‘Bil sesnined and almost (5 seed) ‘Suspended bythe lat tht bew aman, SSooldering the make crag. hat hat ime ‘Whi on the prions ridge Thang alone, ‘With tang trance dd the lod dry wind ‘Blow trough my es! the sky secmed nota sky ‘Of earhand with what mation moved the cows! e The Tecing Cay Lined Petros he Faas cere cgenoatb 2 ee Beciemeeeres pe ee Eaaoaeon ee acer ae Boeck beatae acne ececeas etc Se sccacre eencene eer eres eect SSeeers ee eaters oo See eee ere fae | Seer Ree meen See serra That spectacle, for many days, ray brain Eee peceen cere oe eee ria ecm aoe sea Bectinmer cute eee ee ‘e200 Te Teng Campy Line Paap s Anti yin en ws al eat | Hee ed ss tn atom, Reimer ae tases rater ere at Simca Ce oid rl lade Proud and exultng Hike an untied horse fares etching se TEL ieee el inne Cite Sate epee aerator ‘eect ti ates Seti dach nvmecater Rana Sceca ieee Set eee ana |The leafless tres and every icy cra (| RETEST tn Toetund aeons Seely fare nn Se wate enact Germany Weeks icone NESE React See oe SQLS, i anata tone crater | REESE ee son Une gps || Seer erase arin eluent sen Cees ge inn pmb Gee ett denne Sieigernenoe Sed ee ty is eerste cratic cmt ice onto Seat a recmee | RSSmeng eas ‘aarcoreod semen )) + crs ‘The Prelude excep from Book Fourteenth We came, and roused te shepherd wbo attends The adventurous strange’ steps a rusty mide; ‘The, cere by shor effeshimen, sled fori pacers Soon scorn ee rae oes eS ae Beers ee peace ec emecn, eae res faa es erate ese Insilence as before, With forehead bent ———— as eee econcre Pane ee “When at my fect the ground appeared to brighten, ees rrraas eas Besicecs ee eens cee certs ee eee Beco ences cies oe ero ‘Not othe ethereal vault encrouehment none ‘Wis thers, nor los: ly he info stars ad disappeared or sed a fun ligt Inte clear presence ofthe fllarbed Moon, ‘Who, fom her sovereign elevation zed ‘Upon the ily ocean, 8 All eck nd lent ave that through 3 if ‘Not tant rm he shore whereon we sood, ‘fied, abysmal, gloomy, bring pase ‘Mounted the roar of waters, orens streams Trmumerble, raring wit one vie! ‘ear over earth and ea, an in tnt hour, Forso itscemed, felt by the tary heavens. ‘When nt ai had partly solved ‘Tat vison, given o spins of te night ‘And thee chance bunan wanderer, inca thought Reflected, i appeared tome he p= ‘Of amet elect, its acts ‘An its possessions, what thas and eves, ‘What in self fs and would boeore ‘There I bebeld the emblem of a mind ‘That feeds up infty that rood (eth dark abs tent o hear Ives suing forth to ie ight In one contnaois steam: a mind susiived By eeapnon of ranscendet power, In sense condcting to ida! form. In soul of more han moral privilege ne fietion, above all of such a ind Had Neue shaded thee by puting fh, ‘id ecmstances afi and sublime, That mits domination which se hove ‘Toe upon the fee of outward things, ‘So moulded, jone,sbsvacte, so endowed ‘Wits merchangable supremacy, ‘That me, leat serie se, bear, perceive, ‘And canna choose but el The power. which ll ‘Acknowledge when thus moved, which Nature ths ‘Tobvly sense exhibis, ithe express Resemblanceof that sro faclly ‘That higher minds Dae wit thm heir own From Lecture Six (Coleridge «6 2 Th Teng Conant Pain ‘he Elian Harp ‘My pensive Sara thy sof chek retned ‘Thus on mine a, most soating sweet iis “To st bese our Cot. ou Cos ergo With whiteslowerd Jasmin andthe troxdleay'd Myts, (Meet emblems they of Inocenee and Lovel) “Aad wach te clods, that ate were rich with igh, ‘Slow soning round, and mark he sar of eve ‘Soreely bella (such should Wisdom be) ‘Shine opposite! How exquisite the cents ‘Spat fom yon bean eli! and the worl o bush The silly marr of edison Sex Tell usof silence, ‘Ad that simplest Lute Placed lengthonay inthe clasping casement, ack! How by the desutorybreze cares, “Like some coy mid half yielding to her lover epous such soe upbraiding as tut needs “ero repeat he wrong! And nes, Sings ‘Boies swept the lag sequacious notes ‘Over delicious surges sink and ise, ‘Such a of lating witchery of sound Astwiligh Elias make, whe they ateve Voyage on peril gals fom Fairy: Land. Where Melodies round boney-dropping lowers. Foote snd wil, ike birds of Parad, "Nor pase, nor perch, hovering on uta’ wig! ‘Ol the one Lite within sand abroad, Which mecsall motion and becomes is soul, ‘Aight in sound, 2 sound-lke power i i, “iy inal though, and joyance every where Methinks. should have been imposible ‘Notioove all things na world ofl’ ‘Where the breeze warble, an the mt til ae Is Musi slamnbering on her nsument And hus, my Lovel as on the midoay slope ‘Of yoger hil scch my links at noe Whilst hough my halls’ ees Tbshold The sunbeams dane, ike diamonds on the main, And tangul muse upon analy: Fallany «thought uncll'd and uncetain’, ‘Ad marie Mins pansies, “Traxerse my indolent and passive bri, 200 Te Testing Comp Lan Pametig ° [As wild and various the random gales (Fe blue clay stone ‘Tht swel and Meron this sujet Lute! ‘And wtf of animated mtr ‘Be but organic Harps diverse ta! “That tremble into thought as o'er hem sweeps | asc and vast on nical breeze, | Atenste Sof ee, nt God fat 7 ! Barty more serous eye aml reproot Darts, O beloved Woman! nor such hous Dim and ubalow'd dos thu nt eect, ‘Now. my fiends emerae Beneath the wide wide Heaven-and View agua "The many-steepled tat magnificent Of hilyfelds and meadows nd the ea ‘With ome fir bar. prtaps, whose sis ight up ‘The ipo smoot clea ite betwixt 169 Iss Of purple shadow! Vex! they wander 09 In gladness al: but thou, methinks, most lo, ‘My geile-beated Char! fr hou hat pine ‘And bidest me wal humbly wih my God be ‘iat Dupe inte ily of Stee ts Nery ye ‘Well as thou sad and holy espa Inthe eat City ent, wining ty way “Thee shaping ofthe urepenerte ind; "With sa yet patient sou, through evil an pin ‘Bubbles ta liter ss they rise ad break Anastrange calamity! At slow sik ‘Behind the western Peg, thou glorious Su! ‘Shine in he sat beam ofthe siking ob, ‘Yepurpleheahflower! ich burm, ye clouds! Live inthe yliow lp ye distant groves! ‘And Kindle’ thou blue Oscan! Soy end ‘Struck wit dsp joy may stan, aT have stood, Silent with swimming Sense ea gazing round On the wide landscape, gaze lal dot seem ‘Less goss than boy; and of uch hes Asalte Almighty Spirit, when et he makes ‘Spirits perceive his resence ee ee aera een Reece eas eee ee iucoceraaneet Beto See en ea | This Lime-Troe Bower My Prison Adis ‘Comes sudden on my heat an am ld Aslmyslf were there! Novia this bower, “Ti ite mere bower have Fmt mak’ ‘Much thar has soot de. Pale beneath the laze ‘Hang the wansparent ig an I wah’ Some broad and suny eat, and lv'dt sce “The shadow ofthe leaf and stem above Dappling its sunshine! And that walt-ree Was richly tin’ a a deep radiance lay Fallon te anient ivy, which usurp “Thos ffomtng eins and now, with lackest mass Makes thee dark branches pleura ihtr hae ‘Through the late wiih: and though now the bat ‘Wheels silent y, and no swallow titers, Vets he solitary humblebee ings ithe bear ower Hencefth shall know ‘That Nature ner deserts the wie ard pute; “This ime-tee bower my person! have ost Beauties an elings, such a would ave been | Mout sweet tomy remanbrance even whem age "ad in’ dine ees to blindness They, meanwhile, | re tet eer mares ea, ‘On spring heath along the hllzp edge, ‘Wander in gladness, and wind down, perchance, Tora sl ering del of which od ‘The roaring dll erwooded aro, deep, [And only speek by the midis: ‘Where is sim rank the sh fom rock 10 rock Fling arching ikea brdge—that branches ash, |) Unt dap wos fe poor yt eves Ne‘ remble in the gle, yet rembl sil, | ‘Fann‘d by the waterfall! and there my friends Behold the dark gree ile of ong nk weeds, [|| thstatstone ost mast ia) ||| ait and dip beneath he driping edge | Wel they are gone, and here mst rein Re. aeesaadiecraroantias annenneimiy 'Noplot so narrow, be bt Nate thee, [No ase so vaca, but may well employ ach faculty of sense, and Kep the art “Awake to Love a Beauty! and sometimes “Tis well o be bereft of poms wood “That we ma ifthe Soul and conepate ‘Wit ively oy the joys we cannot shire My gentesheated Charles! when th ast ook ‘eats stag ah along the dis ir orev 1 lest it deeming its black wing (Now adm speck, not vaisting in ight) Ha cos the night Or’ lated glory. While tho stood'st gang, when all wail, Flew ereking o'er thy hes, and had charm For thee, my genle-heaned hares, wher ‘No sound is disonant which el of Lif rom Lecture Seven (Coleridge): From Chrstabe, Par | ines 244-278) Beneath he lamp the lady bowed, ‘And slowly rolled be eyes around ‘Thea daving in her brat loud, Like one hat shuddered she unbount “Te inte from beneath her beast er sien ob, and inet ves, Dropt ober et and al new, ‘Bohol! her bosom and half her side {sight dream of otto! ‘© shield her shied sweet Christel ‘Yet Geraldine nx speaks nor sis: A! what ck ok was bers ‘Deep fom within she seems alway ‘Tol some weight wih sick say, ‘And eye the maid and seeks dla ‘Then suddenly, as ne deed Collect heel in cor and ede “And ly dove by the Maiden’ side! ‘Andi hr arse ma she tok, ‘Ahwelinday! ” {202 oie Compan Lie Pain Pant “Heol him with is litering ee The Wedding Goes soo! sil, [Ad listens ikea tre yer ci “Te Marine bath is ail “The Wedding Guest sa on a stone: He canot choose bu ear: ‘Aod ths spake on tht ancien man, ‘The bight-eyed Mariner. A length dis cross an Altos, mist o loud, on mast or shroud, pein ves ie, les al the nigh, through og smoke white Glimmer the white Moonshine.” “God save thee, ancient Marne! the ends, tha plague thee hus! hy lok'st how so?" “Alone aloe all alone, ‘one on wide wie sea! And never saat ook pity on My sulin agony. Within the shadow of te ship watched hee ich aie ‘Blo bossy green and velvet black, ele and sar: and every rick Wasa fash of golden ire Rime of the Anon Mariner (xcept) (happy living things! no tongue ‘Their besuty might dela: ‘Asping of fove gosh fom my bean, ‘An blessed them unaware: ‘Sore my kin saint 00k pity on me, ‘An I blessed them una, “The selfsame momen could py: ‘And from my neck 0 fee “The Albaoss el of, and sank [ike ead it the Sea Pat VI “moved my lpr—the Plot srcked [And fell down ina ft The holy Hermit ase his ees, And prayed where did sit ook the oars the Plo’ boy ‘Who now oth eazy 80, “Laghed oud and leg, and all she ile orth this rare of ine was wracked |Wita wot agony, Which forced me to begin my tale; [And thc left me re ‘Since then, a an uncer our, “That agony sets: And ll my ghastly ales tok, This bear within me burs. ps he night, om and to land Thine strange pover of speech; ‘That momen tht his ie | ee, ‘oo the rath mst ear me: ‘Tobin my tle teach. ‘He praeth best, who loveth best. C22 The eachig Compr Lins Pain s All hing both reat and smal; And so ese from Forte dear God who love ws, ‘Sader and a wiser man, ‘He made and loveth eros he morow mor. “The Mariner, whose eye is bight, ‘Whose Beard with age hor, Is gone: and nov the Wedding Guest “Turned fon th bridegroom's dor. He went lik one that hath been ‘tuned, Keble Khon In Xd id Kubla Khao Asttelypeasare-dome decree: Where Api he soced ver, ran “Though ener measures 19 man ‘Down to sues sea Sortie five miles of file ground ‘Wath walls an towers were ald round: Ana thre were grdcs bright wit sino ls ‘Whee blosomed many an incense-besting te; ‘Arad ere were forests ancient asthe hl. folding sunny spats of rene ‘Butoh that deep romani chasm which slated Down the green il ahwar a cedar over! ‘Asavage place! a hoy and enchanted ‘As cerborenh a waning moon was haunted ‘By woman walling for er demon lover! ‘And ents hsm, with ceases tumoll eehng, ‘xsi oth fn hick pans were breathing ‘Aight foun moment ws forced ‘Am ose swift halFitermined brs ‘age fagmests vk The bouncing hal, (Or hay grain been the reser’ Ma: ‘And id hese dancing rocks at once ad eve TeMang up morsenty he sacred river. Five miles meandering with a macy motion “Through wood and dle the sacred ver ran, “Then eared the cavers messueess om, And snk ntl ils ean: ‘Nd mid hsm Kubla heard fom fa ‘Aneel vos: propheing war! 0? The Tecing Cpa ini Paentio “Te shadow of te dome of please Floated midway en the waves, ‘Where was herd the mingled measre From the fountain abd the caves, Iewasa minek of rare device, ‘A sunny pleasure-dome wih caves of ice! ‘A dansel with duleiner Inavion once aw: asan Abyssinian mid, ‘Andon ber dele he played, Singing of Mount Abora ‘Could revive within mo Her symphony and son, To such a deep delight twould win me, “That with mesi loud and ong, 1 would build it dome ia a. ‘That sunny dome! those eves of ie! ‘And all ho heard should se them there, ‘And al shuld ery, Beware! Beware! His ashing eyes, his ating bai? Weave a ccleround him tee, ‘Aad cose your ees with oly ead, Fore on honeydew bath fe, ‘Aa drunk the miko Pari. Lectare Eight Coleridge): To Wiha Wordsworth (eer) 0 great Bart Ere yet tha ast strain dying aed the ‘With stds exe [viewed the inte choir Of everenduring men. The tly weat Haye all one age nd ram oe visible space Shed inflaece! They oth in power and et, ‘Are pomsnen, and Time isnot wih he, ‘Save asf workth fr them they ine ‘Nor lees sacred Rol, thn those of od, ‘Ard tobe places hey, wih grad fame ‘Among th archives of manking, hy work Makes aul inked ay of Truth, ‘OF Truth profound a see continuous ay, ‘Not eat but native, her own natural nes! ‘Ab as tend witha ner form, om The Teaching Compr Lined Paeip » “The pulses of my beng beat NeW: ‘And even Life retums apo the drowned, {ites joy rekining roused aaron of pains Keen pangs of Love, avakering 2s a babe ‘Tune, with olery inthe ear ‘An fears self-villed that shunned the eye of Hope: ‘An Hope that saree would pow ise fom Fes ‘Sense of past Youth, and Manhood com nw ‘And Gents given, and Knowledge won in vin: ‘Anal which had elle in wood- vals id, ‘And ll which patent ot had rare, an al, ‘Commune wth the had opened oat—but lowers ‘Srewed on my cose and bore wpon my bit Inthe same coin. forthe selFsame ea And when 0 Friend my comforter angie! ‘Srong in thyself and pone to give stent! ‘Ths long sustained Son fnaly closed, ‘Ara thy dep voice hd eased—yet thou thse Wer sl before my eye, and ound us both That hay vison oF beloved fas Sears concious, and yet conscious ots close Tate ny being blended none tought (Taooght vas? or aspiration? o esol?) ‘Absorbed et hanging til upon the sound ‘Ai when Toe, [found men prayer ejection: An Ode (excerps) 1 ‘Well! the Bard was weather-vise, who made “Te grand old bella of Si Patick Spence, ‘This igh 30 rangi ow, wil nor go Hence Unroused by winds tht ply abuser trade "Than those which mou on clo in zy Makes, Orth dl sobbing da hat moar and rakes ‘Upon the stings ofthis Eoin ate, ‘Which eter fr were mote For a the New-moon winter ight? ‘And overpread with pom igi, ‘With swimming phos ight 'espread ‘Bt rnd and cle by aver head) 1 see theo Monin her iapfreteling “The ening of ain and squall bls. ‘And ot that ven now the gust wee swelling, ‘cana te Ting Company Lined Petesip Anite slot ngh-shower driving loud and fast! “Thowe sounds which of have raised me, wil they ved, “And ent my soul abroad, Mig now pers thei wend impale give ‘Might sare hs Gl psn, and ake it move and lie! u Arie without a pon, vod, dark, and dar. ‘Asie, dow, unimpasioned sit, ‘Which finds no natral ott, orl, in word o igh, o tar— (Lady! in tis wan and bears mood, “To tec thoughts by yonder trste woo" All this long eve, so balmy and serene, Have I ben paring onthe west sy. ‘Anis pecullarint fellow aren: ‘And sll gze—and with hw blank an eye! ‘An hse thin loads sve in lakes and bars, “That giveaway thee mocion othe stars; “Those srs, that lide behind them orberween, “Now sparing, now bedi, but always sen: on eresceat Moon, a xed as if it grew “ils own eloules stars lake of be: “ee them all so excellent, sen fel, how Beal they are! Mw My genial spiits fi ‘And what can these ail “ollie stshering weight fom off my breast? Teer a val endew our. “Though should gaze forever ‘On that grec light hat Linger inthe west ay ot hope fom outward Frm in “The passion a the ie, whose Fountains are within, vl ‘There was tine when, though my path wes rou, This joy within me dali with dsress, ‘Adal! isforunes were but the su ‘Whence Fane ade me dreams of happiness Forhope gre round me ke the tng vie, ‘Nfs a foliage, not my ov, seme mine Bue now actions bow me down o earth: [Nor ere that hey rob me of my mh (20D Te Teahig Compan Lined Peep ‘Butoh ech visation ‘Suspends what mare gave me at my bith, My shaping spirit of Inaginstion. Forno fo think of hat needs mst el, ‘But to be sil and patient all Ics And hapy by abst research o tel From yom astral he paral man— “Thien my soe esoure. my only pan: “Tal tht which sus pat nit the whole, Ad now is alos ron the habit f my so Work wth Hope AV Nature seems a wok. Sus eave thei ir “Thebes ar siving—bieds ae onthe wine— [And Winter slumbering nthe pena ‘Wears om issn ace a ret of Spring! ‘And the ile, the sole unbusy thins. ‘Noroney mak, oe pi, nor bul, Bor sing. ‘Yet well ken the banks where amaranth blow, aye traced the font whence seams of nectar ow: ‘Bloom, © ye amaranth! bloom fer whom ye my Forme ye boom not Gli. ch steams, avay! With lps ubrightened,wreatlss brow stall: ‘And woud yu een the spells that drowse my soul? ‘Work without Hope draws nectar ina sive, And Hope witht an ebjec anno Ive. rom Lecture Nine (Blake): Sone (te Set roa from ido fel ‘ow sweet roan’ fom fla Bel, "An tase ll the simmers re, “TH he pine of lve beheld, ‘Who in th sunny beams did lide He shew'd me ilies for my aie, Aa lsh oss for my bows ‘He ea me trou his wardens fi, "Where all his golden pleasures ow, With onet May dews my wings were Wet « 0h The Tein Company Lite Pip ‘And Phoebus id my voeal ag; aught me in hssihen net, ‘Au shut mein his golden cage. “He loves to sit and hear me sing, “Then. aughin, sports and pays wih me: “Then stches ot my golden wing. ‘Ani mocks my sso ibe. Irtrodaction (ping Dow the Valleys Wid “Piping down he valleys wild Song of pleasit glee elo sa cul. he laihing si 0 me, ‘So sung the same again ‘While e wep wth oy tear Pipers tee down and write ook that al may red song about aLamb: Soe vanish ror my sight piped with mer cher, ‘An pluck’ a hollow ree Pie that song agin 1 piped, be wept io hear. ‘And [made ara pen, ‘Ad sti the water leat, ‘And I yrote my py songs hy pipe thy hap pipe very child may jo to hear thy songs of happy ches, The Shephard How sweet the Shepherds ses ot, From the morn to the cvening hes: He sallow his shee ll the dy ‘And his tongue sale ile with pase For he hears he lambs innocent call. ‘And he heute ewes ender reply, He is watehul whl the aren pea For tey now when thelr Shepherd is nigh he Eochotg Green Sen does arse. ‘Tote bells ehearil sound ake happy the skies While our sors sal be een nen bell ng (nthe echoing Gren. vslcme the Spring sy and hrs, (John with white he itd ofthe bush. Docs laugh aay eae, oer sound, Siting ude he cak, 082 Te ein Copy Lise Parweip 9 [Among th old fle, ‘Tey laugh tou pl Ara oon they all. 3 ‘Such such wee the joss hea we al gs & boys In our youttine mee sen, [No more canbe mery The sn des deen, And our sors have an end Round the apo heir mothe, Many sere nd brothers, ike bid i thirst, ‘On the Eesboing Green ‘Ae ey or et ‘An! sport no more see Til eit ones weary ‘On th darkening Green The Blossom Merry Mery Spar Prey Prety Robin Unde leaves so geen Under leaves so aeen [Xhappy Blossom ‘apps Blossom Seeeyou sift ab arow ‘ear you sobbing sobbing Seek your eral aro rot Prey Robin New my Bosom. Neary Bosom, Holy Thursday “was on Holy Thursday ter nocent faces clean “The children walking to & two fred & blue & geen Grey headed beads walk before with wands as white a8 snow “iit the high dove of Pauls they like Thames waters (0 what a mtd they seemd these loners of Lond ow, Seated in companies they sk with adlance al ei awn ‘The hum of mlitdes was there bt multuds of lambs “Thowsands of litle Bos ls alsing their imocent hands ‘Now like a mighty wind they rise to eaven the vie f song Or lke harmonions thundrings the seats of heaven sons, Beneath hem si the aged men wise guardians ofthe poor ‘Then cherish pi, lest you drive an angel fom your door The Chimes Sweeper ‘When my mother died I was very young “And my fhe sold me while yet my tongue, Could scarey cry weep Weep Weep WEED. Sovyourehineys sep & in sot They. ‘Theres litle Tom Deere who cried when his ead ‘That cut’ ike slabs back, was shad 01 si. * {202 Te Teng Copy Line eee “Hs Tom never ind, for when your hea’ bare, Ko tht the sot cams spoil your white hai ‘And sohe was ques & that very night, ‘AsTom was asleeping he had sh a sight “Tat thousands of sweepers Dick. Joe Ned ack “Wee all of thm lock dup in cofis of black ‘And by came an Angel who had a beiht ke, ‘An he open’ the coins & set them ll ee ‘hes down agrees plain leaping laughing they rn ‘ini wash ina riverand sine nthe Sun “Then naked & whi, all their bags eft behind, “They rise upon clouds, and spor in the wid 50 Tom awoke and we rs inthe dark ot with or bps ur brushes o Wok the moming was cod, Tom Was happy & warm, fal do third, they ned not fea ha. Lecture Ten (Blake: The Tyger “Tyger, burning bright, he forests ofthe nicht ln what race was thy ea? What the ani? ht read eras, immoral Nano 8, Dare its ead tears esp? ame thy fearful smmety? wen the tars tres down ther tan dops or kis spears the fre of thie eye ‘And water heaven with thei ears: vat wings dare he aspire? ‘Di he sie is work see? the hind, dare seve the re? Die who made the Lamb make thee? “Tyger, Type uring bright, Inthe forest of the nigh red hand? what dad fect? What immortal hand o 36 Dare fare thy feral symmetry? the aner? what he ein, AhSun-Flover Sunflower! weary of tins outst the eps ofthe Sn: ler that see golden line ‘here the travellers jourey is done. 20a Te Thing Campy Linea Peceoip * Where the Youth pinedaney with ‘dose ‘And the pe Virgin shouded in Arise fom thei graves, and apie, ‘Where my Sin-lower Wishes 0 #0. My Prt Rose Tree A lower was oferd oe: Soch a ower as May never bore. Bt sid Pea Pretty Rose-ree, ‘An passed the sweet we o'r “Then I went omy Prey Rose-iee, To tend herby day ard by night. [Buty Rove turd aay with Jalon ander thors were my only delat The Garden of Lone 1 yen othe Garden of Love, ‘And sa what [ever had see: ‘A Chapels ul the mids. ‘Where used play on the en. An the gts of his Chapel were shut, ‘An Tho shal not. wet over the door | wander tho each charted street Near where the charter'é “Thames docs flow: ‘And mark in every fae I meet Marks of meses, macs oF In every ey of every Man, In every Inns ey of ear. Inevery voice: in every ban, “The mind-org’dmanaces hear ‘So tum’ tothe Garden of Love, ‘That so many sweet lowers bore. And ay its fl wth graves ‘And tomb stones wher Rowers should be And Pret in black gowns, were ‘waking thei rounds, ‘An biing wi bir, my joys & sess Lonton ow the Chimpey-sneepers ery Every behing Church apa, ‘And the hapless Soi sigh, ns in Blaod down Palace walls But most thr" mii sees feo How the youthful Halts curse Blasts the new-bomn Ifans tear ‘Ara ights th plagues the Mariage heise The Crystal Cabinet ‘The Mien caught mein the Wik Where was dancing mer She ptm into her Cabinet ‘An Lack me up witha polden Key “This Cabinets formd of Gold ‘And Pear & Crystal shining right ‘And within opens into a Woe ‘And tine ively Moony Nien ‘Aootber England here I sv ‘Aooter London wits its Tower ‘Avotber Thames & other ils ‘And ater peasant Suey Bower “Avoter Maiden ke hese “ranscent lovely shining lear ‘Tyeofld each nthe char losd Oat pleasant remblng fear whats smitesthrefola Smile ‘he era. the’ Land of Men ad of Men & Women oo ard & sw sich deal ings sold Earth wanderers never knew ere the Babe I bon in joy was begocnin de woe s-e Reap in oy the rt on bier fears id 030 ifthe Babe i born a Boy given 109 Woman Old als him down upon a rock his shrieks ups of gold bins ion thom round his head pierces both his hands & feet, as his Hert out at hs side hake el Bah old & heat Angers number every Neve fas Mise eounts i gold ives upon hi shriks eres she grows young he grows ald tbe becomes a bleeding you she Bec & Virgin bright he fends up is Manaces bind er down fr his dlight (come Tessing Ca ‘il me that ike a ame | bur’ {bento Kis the lovely Mais ‘An founda Tecefold Kis rsd [earove to sleze the inmost Fort With ardor fierce & hands of fae But bars the Crystal Cabinet [And tkea Weeping Babe beame |A weeping Babe upon the wild ‘And Weeping Woman pal eld ‘Ani the otward asain 1 fl with Woes the passing Wind Travaller He plants himself in al er Nerves ‘st asa Husbendan his mould. ‘And she becomes his éveling pace ‘Ant Garden ri seventy fold ‘An aged Shadow son be fades ‘Wandin ound an Early Cot Ful ile al with gms & gold ‘Whi be by industry hod got ‘And these ae the goms ofthe Human Soul ‘The mbes & pears ofa lovesick eye ‘The cous gold of the aking heat ‘The martyrs groan & the oer sigh “They are his eat they are his dik He fends the Beggar & the Poor ‘Aud the wayfrng Traveller Forever open sis door is gies hi ternal joy ‘They make the oo! & walls ring “il om the freon the hese lise Female Babe doc pring An she sal of oid ire ‘and gms ol, that none his and ey in ecg “ Dares stretch wo toch her Baby form ‘Orvrap hein his sading band But she comes tthe Man she loves young or lor ich or pooe “They soon drive ot the aged Host, ‘A Beggar at anthers or He wanders weeping fir vay Uni some other tke hin OR blind & age bet sore dsrest Ul ecan a Maiden win ‘Andale his reczing Age “The Poor Man takes her his ams ‘The Cottage Fides before hissight “The Garden & its lovely Cham “The Gets are scatter tothe and Forthe Fye altering asl “The Senses roll thmslies in ar And the Mla Earth becomes Ball ‘The stars sun Moon ll shrink away Ades vast without a bound ‘And othing et eto drink ‘Anda dark dst ll around “The honey of he nf ps “The tead & wine of her meet sie “The wid gaze of her roving Ee Does him‘ inincybegule For ashe ea & deinks he grows ‘Younger & younge every day [And the des at wid they both ‘Wander in terror & dismay Like he wild Sig she es away er ear plans many a hike wild ‘While he pres her night & day By varios ars of Love beau By various ar of Love & Hate ‘Tithe wide dsa planted oer Wi Labyrinth of wayward Love ‘Where roam the Lion Wolf Boar Til becomes a wayward Babe And shee wooping Woman Old ‘Then many a Lover wanders ere ‘Te Sim & Stars re nearer flk “The roe ring forth sweet Extacy ‘Toallwho nthe dest roe “Tillmany a City theres Bult ‘And many a pleasant Shepherds ome But when hey find the owning Babe Tato stk thro the region wide “They ey The Babe the Babe is Bor Ande aay om Every side For who die touch he owning form His ams wierd 0 rot {ons Boars Wolves all hosting Bee ‘And every Tee does shed its rit. ‘And none can wueh hat ning fom @ {©202The ean Compan inte Pameip bea Wooan O14 Anal is done a Ihave told lsh down apon th Rock Agaric of cence (excerpt) “To sce a Word ina Grin of Sand ‘Anda Heaven ina Wild Flower old nin i the palm of your band ‘And Eternity in an hoor ‘A Robin Re trast ina Cage Puts all Heaven ina Rage ‘Adlove hose fil with doves & Pigsons ‘Shudder Hel th all regions ‘A dog star at his Masters Gate ‘Pros the rin of the Sate, Lecture Eleven (Bake) Book of Uirzen excerpt) Chap: 1, Leva shadow of hoor iris InEtemigt Unknown, unproife! Selfsosd,al-epeling: what Denon Fath ford hs abominable oid This soul-shod'ngvacuun?— Some sis Ure, Br unknown, shad Brooding secret, the dak power hid 2. Times on tines he divided, & measur ‘Space by space in his ninefold darkness ‘Unseen, unknown! changes appeared Infis desolate mountains rife farioas By the black winds of porubation 3. Foro strove in bates dre Inscenconflicton th shapes ‘Bed from his osaken wilderness, OFbeas, bid, sh, serpent & element ‘Combustion, blast, vapour and cloud 4. Dark revolving in silent activi UUneen in tormenting pasion, Am atvty unknown an hore: an he ees Company Lite Paap ® A selt-contemplating shadow, Tn eoormous Ibours occupied sins ofthe Daughters of Abin exceris) Plate 2 Why does my Thotormon sit weeping pon he threshol ‘An Oothoon hovers by hi sie, porswading him nwa Try rise © Theotormon forthe vilige dos Barks the bresking dy he hgingale as done lameting “The lak does rst inthe ie cor, ad the Eagle ets From hy prey, and is his glen beak othe pre es ‘Shaking the dos fom hs immoral pinion to avake ‘The sun that sleeps to long. Ase my Theotrmon | am pre. ‘Bevase the nights pone tat clos" ein its deadly tack “They tod meta the nig de ay Were ll tht Toul ee, “They told eta Thad fv sens to inlose me wp. Siem hover all the night, and al day coud be sient Tr Thcotermon ance would tam his loved eyes upon me; Hee can be defi when I elec thy image pre? Sweet theft that the worm feds on, the soul rey'd on by Woe “he new was amb ting’ with the ile smoke he bright swan, By the red earth oor imora river {bathe my wines. ‘And am white and pe to hover round Theotormons breast (0 Urizent Creator of men! mistaken Demon of eaves: “Thy joys ae tear! thy lobo vai to frm mento thine imag. How can one oy bear noter? ste nox diferent joys Holy tera, infinite and each joy fa Love Book of The (eer) Pte hal Moo ‘Does he Eagle now what inthe pit? ‘Owl thou go ak the Moe {Can Wisdom be put ine silver ro? (OrLove na golden bow? Plate Thal 7 (ie ofthis oar spring! why fades the ous ofthe water? a ‘e200 Te Tenia Company Limi Peso ‘Why fae hese chile of the sping? born but wo smile fal, AM! Thel site a watry bo, and lke apaig cloud, Tike a reflection in glass like stds a the water. “Like dreams of ffs, ikea sie upon a inf fe, ike the doves sic, ike teansient 6, ke music inthe ar ‘Ab! geile may ly me dav, end gee rex my ead. ‘And gentle sleep the sleep of death. ad gentle eas the voice ‘Of im thar wake inthe ean i he evening ime. Plate3 i ite Cloud the virgin sai, charge thee tel ome, thou complunest not wien in oe hour thou fade avay: sve shal seck the but not Fin sh hel ik Thee ay. yt compli, and ne one hears my voice. Clo then sew’ is golden hen & his bright form emer, and string on he ai before the feof Th. thou Otte Chou? I fear tht Lam not ike thee: ot walktrough te vales of Har. and smell he sweetest owes; feed not the ile lowers: Leathe warbling bids, eed not the warbling birds. they ly and seek hr ood; Tht deighis in these no more because I fade aay. al shal say, without se hs snag woman IN" id she only live. to bea death the food of worms Lecture Twelve (Felicia Dorothen Hemans and Charlotte Smit Costas boy stood on the burning deck, ‘Whence ll ithe had ess ae ht ithe Bates wreck ‘Shoe ound him oer the dad ‘The lames rolled 0» would not ‘Without is abe’ word: hat father, hint in deat below, His voce no longer heard Beauifland Wight he stood, As bar rae the st eat of ico blood. ‘A pro, though chile fom. 2002 Tein Compny Line Paesip He called aloud Say, fhe! say tyetmy tks done” ‘eke not tht he cia Ly ‘Unconscious ois so, “speak, fhe!” ence again be cried, “ut may et be gone!” And bat the booming shots replied, ‘Ati ft he ames led on. ‘Upon his row he thei breath, “And in is waving al And looked rom Ht lone post of oath In sil ye brave despair ‘And shouted but one more alow, “My father! mst 3) Wie oe him ist, through al nd ‘show “The weathing res made way. “They wrapped the ship in splendor ‘wil ‘They caught the Mag om bi, And reamed above the gallant chil ke baer in th “Thee came his of thunder sound “The boy—O, where was he? As ofthe Wins that far around ‘With gens sewed the sa! Wi mas, and heim, and pennon ir, "That wel iad bore hel pact, ut the noblest ting which posed he Homes of England “The besed homes of England! How soy oo tei bowers said he hoy quietness “That breathes fom Sabbath ho Solera, yt see, the churehbell's hme Floats through thir woods at mom; Alle sounds, in that sil ime, ‘OT breeze an ea are bors "An ound the hamlet nes. “Through glowing orchards for sey peep, Each rom ts nook of ewes: ‘and fearless tare the lowly hep, "As the bid fen hei eaes ‘The fee fic omes of Engana Lone, long in hut and hall. May hears of native proof be reared To guard each tallowed wall ‘Andree forever be he proves, ‘An brght the Noe) sod. ‘Where firs the chi’ lad pis loves “where's the coward tht ould not dare "To fight frst alan?” Marion. ‘The stately homes of England! How bea tey stand, Ast thi allancetal tes, (eral the pleasant land “The det aro thei greens ward Bound, “rho shade and sunny seam: ‘Ande swan ies past hem withthe sound ‘Of some rejoking steam. “The merry homes of England! “Around het hearths, y ight ‘What giadsome looks of household love "Meet in th ud iht! There woman’ oie flows foc in son, ‘Or childhood’ ale isl, ‘Or lipsmoverneily along ‘Some gloious page of od « 2 The Teng on Unio Poti Tis county ands God! sre in besa, side by sie, They fd oe ome with glee; gravesare sever dar and ‘vie, By moun, and steam, and sea sume fod moter bet at night Phe Graves ofa Howscold ‘The se, the be lone sc, hath ene He ies where pears i deep He waste loved ofall, ye none Orerhislow ted may weep (One seeps wher souter vines are ach firslecping brow Ave the noble sain: had each folded flower ie sight He wrap he colours rund hie beast, ‘Where are thse dreamers now? (On a blosied i of Spin. midst the forest ofthe wes, And one>—o'erer the yee showers By dak seam aid slaves, by soft winds fann'é; Indian knows his place ores, She faded midst alan flowers arin be cesar sade “The last ofthat bright bad 202M echig Cony Lina Patch @ [And pated thus hey rest who psy’ They hat wth sis it the hal ‘Beneath the same een ee: “Ai chee’ with song the heath ‘Whose vices mingled as they pray’S__ Alas! fr lve ifthou metal, ‘Around on pret ket ‘And nought beyond, O earth (On Being Cantoned aginst Waltng on Headland Overlooking the Sea, Becatse I Was Frsested by a Lanate Isher solitary wretch whos ‘Tote ol ci, with starting pace sow, ‘And, nessun, views wits Wil and low

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