The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Prose and Verse: Complete in One VolumeThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1840 - 546 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 12
... possible . His sufferings were severe and constant till within thirty - six hours of his end ; but they had no power to affect the deep tranquillity of his mind , or the wonted sweetness of his address . His prayer from the beginning ...
... possible . His sufferings were severe and constant till within thirty - six hours of his end ; but they had no power to affect the deep tranquillity of his mind , or the wonted sweetness of his address . His prayer from the beginning ...
Page 38
... possible that now even a simple story , wholly uninspired with politics or personality , may find some attention amid the hub- bub of revolutions , as to those who have remained a long time by the falls of Niagara , the lowest ...
... possible that now even a simple story , wholly uninspired with politics or personality , may find some attention amid the hub- bub of revolutions , as to those who have remained a long time by the falls of Niagara , the lowest ...
Page 84
... possible , alone too . This was her wonted walk , And this the hour ; her words , her very looks Will acquit her or convict . Now to the cave beneath the vaulted rock , Where having shaped you to a Moorish chieftain , I will seek our ...
... possible , alone too . This was her wonted walk , And this the hour ; her words , her very looks Will acquit her or convict . Now to the cave beneath the vaulted rock , Where having shaped you to a Moorish chieftain , I will seek our ...
Page 93
... possible thing : and it has soothed my soul As other fancies have ; but ne'er seduced me To traffic with the black and frenzied hope That the dead hear the voice of witch or wizard . ( To ALVAR . Stranger , I mourn and blush to see you ...
... possible thing : and it has soothed my soul As other fancies have ; but ne'er seduced me To traffic with the black and frenzied hope That the dead hear the voice of witch or wizard . ( To ALVAR . Stranger , I mourn and blush to see you ...
Page 98
... possible thing.- Well it was done ! [ Then very wildly Why babblest thou of guilt ? The deed was done , and it pass'd fairly off . And he whose tale I tell thee - dost thou listen ? ISIDORE . I would , my Lord , you were by my fire ...
... possible thing.- Well it was done ! [ Then very wildly Why babblest thou of guilt ? The deed was done , and it pass'd fairly off . And he whose tale I tell thee - dost thou listen ? ISIDORE . I would , my Lord , you were by my fire ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ALHADRA ALVAR arms beneath BETHLEN BILLAUD VARENNES blessed BUTLER CASIMIR cause character child common COUNTESS dare dark dear doth dream DUCHESS Duke earth Egra EMERICK Emperor ESSAY evil faith fancy father fear feelings genius GLYCINE GORDON hand hast hath hear heard heart Heaven honor hope human ILLO Illyria ISIDORE ISOLANI Jacobins lady language LASKA less light live look Lord Lyrical Ballads means metre mind moral mother nation nature never o'er object OCTAVIO OLD BATHORY once ORDONIO Pamphilus passion philosophical Piccolomini poem poet poetry present principles QUESTENBERG RAAB KIUPRILI RAGOZZI Ratzeburg reader reason Robespierre round SAROLTA SCENE seem'd sense soul speak spirit sweet TALLIEN TERESA TERTSKY thee THEKLA thine things thou thought tion Treaty of Amiens true truth VALDEZ voice WALLENSTEIN whole wild words WRANGEL ZAPOLYA
Popular passages
Page 72 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.
Page 70 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong : He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 331 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 75 - I never saw aught like to them, Unless perchance it were "Brown skeletons of leaves that lag My forest-brook along; When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow, And the owlet whoops to the wolf below, That eats the she-wolf's young.
Page 76 - O sweeter than the marriage-feast, Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company! — To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And youths and maidens gay!
Page 65 - Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air...
Page 46 - O struggling with the darkness all the night, And visited all night by troops of stars, Or when they climb the sky or when they sink...
Page 74 - Twas night, calm night, the Moon was high; The dead men stood together. All stood together on the deck, For a charnel-dungeon fitter: All fix'd on me their stony eyes, That in the Moon did glitter.
Page 75 - This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light; This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart.
Page 72 - See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel!