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Poems by Hartley Coleridge

With a Memoir of his Life by his Brother. In Two Volumes

Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849)

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I.

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DEDICATORY SONNET, TO S. T. COLERIDGE.

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I.

I. TO A FRIEND.

II.

II. TO THE SAME.

III.

III. TO THE SAME.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XIV. On a Picture of the Corpse of Napoleon lying in State.

XV.

XV. TO WORDSWORTH.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII On parting with a very pretty, but very little Lady.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. THE FIRST BIRTH DAY.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXV. FROM COUNTRY TO TOWN.

XXVI.

XXVI. CONTINUED.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. TO SHAKSPEARE.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXII. FROM PETRARCA.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXIV. TO A LOFTY BEAUTY, FROM HER POOR KINSMAN.

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THOUGHTS AND FANCIES.

A TASK AD LIBITUM.

A BROTHER'S LOVE TO HIS SISTER.

“OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”

WRITTEN ON THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, 1820.

IN THE MANNER OF A CHILD OF SEVEN YEARS OLD.

SENSE, IF YOU CAN FIND IT.

NEW-YEAR'S DAY.

ON A YOUNG MAN DYING ON THE EVE OF MARRIAGE.

TO THE NAUTILUS.

[Sweet Love, the shadow of thy parting wings]

LEONARD AND SUSAN.

AN OLD MAN'S WISH.

THE SABBATH-DAY'S CHILD.

EXPERTUS LOQUITUR.

HORACE. Book I., Ode 38.

TO MY UNKNOWN SISTER-IN-LAW.

ADDRESS TO CERTAIN GOLD FISHES.

WHAT I HAVE HEARD.

POLETES APOIETES.

[Bandusian spring, more gaily bright]

WRITTEN IN JANUARY, 1833.

TO A POSTHUMOUS INFANT.

THE FORSAKEN TO THE FAITHLESS.

TO THE MEMORY OF CANNING.

WHO IS THE POET?

THE USE OF A POET.

DEATH-BED REFLECTIONS OF MICHELANGELO.

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II.

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POSTHUMOUS POEMS.

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I.

I. TO S. T. COLERIDGE.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVI. TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

XVII.

XVII. TO THE SAME.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XX. TO ALFRED TENNYSON.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. TO DR. DALTON.

XXIII.

XXIII. TO JOANNA BAILLIE.

XXIV.

XXIV. ON READING THE MEMOIR OF MISS GRIZZLE BAILLIE.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXI. DIANA AND ENDYMION.

XXXII.

XXXII. ECLIPSE.

XXXIII.

XXXIII. TO AN AGED BEAUTY.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXV. TO MISS MARTHA H—.

XXXVI.

XXXVI. SECOND NUPTIALS.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLI. EDWARD—CHILD AND MAN.

XLII.

XLII. TO MISS ISABELLA FENWICK.

XLIII.

XLIII. WRITTEN IN A SEASON OF PUBLIC DISTURBANCE.

XLIV.

XLIV. TO MRS. CHARLES FOX.

XLV.

XLV. TO MRS.---

XLVI.

XLVI. TO LOUISE CLAUDE.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLVIII. FREEDOM.

XLIX.

L.

L. TO H. N. COLERIDGE.

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV.

LV. FROM MICHAEL ANGELO.

LVI.

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SONNETS SUGGESTED BY THE SEASONS.

I.

I. FEBRUARY 1ST, 1842.

II.

II. MARCH, 1846.

III.

III. THE VERNAL SHOWER.

IV.

IV. 1ST OF APRIL, 1845.

V.

VI.

VI. MAY MORNING.

VII.

VII. MAY 25TH, 1840.

VIII.

VIII. TO DORA QUILLINAN.

IX.

X.

X. AUTUMN FLOWERS.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. WRITTEN IN A PERIOD OF GREAT MONETARY DISTRESS.

XIV.

XIV. CHRISTMAS DAY.

XV.

XV. ON A CALM DAY TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

XVI.

XVI. DECEMBER, 1838.

XVII.

XVII. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

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SONNETS AND OTHER POEMS ON BIRDS, INSECTS, AND FLOWERS.

LINES WRITTEN OPPOSITE A DRAWING OF A PARROT AND BUTTERFLY.

[Who would have thought, upon this icy cliff]

THE NIGHTINGALE.

EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS, OR EYE-BRIGHT.

THE COWSLIP AND THE LARK.

ON A BUNCH OF COWSLIPS,

THE CELANDINE AND THE DAISY.

THE GENTIANELLA.

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.

TO THE PLANT “EVERLASTING.”

THE FORGET-ME-NOT.

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SONNETS AND OTHER POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

TO AN INFANT. WRITTEN ON A SNOWY DAY.

TO A DEAF AND DUMB LITTLE GIRL.

BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD.

[Thou, Baby Innocence!—unseen of me]

[Fain would I dive to find my infant self]

ON AN INFANT'S HAND.

TO JEANNETTE, SIX WEEKS OLD.

TO THE SAME, ON HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.

TO MARGARET, ON HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.

THE FOURTH BIRTHDAY.

THE INFANT'S SOUL.

TO DEAR LITTLE KATY HILL.

TO CHRISTABEL ROSE COLERIDGE.

FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.

LINES, WRITTEN IN A BIBLE PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS GODCHILD.

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MEDITATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE PIECES.

WHY IS THERE WAR ON EARTH?

LINES WRITTEN BY H. C. IN THE FLY-LEAF OF A COPY OF LUCRETIUS PRESENTED BY HIM TO MR. WORDSWORTH.

LINES SUGGESTED BY A CAST FROM AN ANCIENT STATUE OF THE INFANT HERCULES STRANGLING THE SERPENTS.

WRITTEN AT BELLE-VUE, AMBLESIDE.

I HAVE WRITTEN MY NAME ON WATER.

ON A PICTURE OF A VERY YOUNG NUN,

THE ROYAL MAID.

ON THE DEATH OF HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE.

A SCHOOLFELLOW'S TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. OWEN LLOYD.

TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES GREENWOOD.

ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS JACKSON,

ON THE LATE DR. ARNOLD.

EPITAPH ON OWEN LLOYD.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, CHIEFLY LYRICAL.

THE BLIND MAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS LOVE.

ON SEEING THREE YOUNG LADIES ON GRASMERE LAKE.

A POOR MAN'S REASONS FOR NOT MARRYING.

LINES WRITTEN IMPROMPTU AFTER HEARING A LADY SINGING.

VALENTINE, BY AN AGED LOVER.

[As the dew of the morning bestars every blade]

[Never till now I felt myself so old]

TO A FRIEND LEAVING GRASMERE.

THE SOLACE OF SONG.

A SONG WITHOUT A TUNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

[A wanton bard in heathen time]

THE GUERNSEY LILY.

TO A YOUNG LADY FROM A FOREIGN CLIME.

THE OLD ARM-CHAIR:

TO A RED HERRING.

[Angels have wings? Well, let them grow—]

DE ANIMABUS BRUTORUM.

TO GOODY TWOSHOES.

TO ROBERT SOUTHEY,

THE LARCH GROVE.

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FROM THE GERMAN.

SCHILLER'S TRANSLATION OF MACBETH.

STATIUS, LIB. I.493.

PÆAN OF ARIPHOON THE SICYONIAN.

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SKETCHES OF ENGLISH POETS.

DRYDEN'S SUCCESSORS.

YOUNG AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

WILKIE, DODSLEY, &c.

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SONNETS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS ON SCRIPTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS.

THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.

BELIEVE AND PRAY.

ISAAC AND REBEKAH.

MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES.

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ON A PICTURE OF JEPHTHAH AND HIS DAUGHTER.

I.

II.

II. IN CONTINUATION.

THE JEWISH CAPTIVES.

EZRA, III., 11—13.

BUT JESUS SLEPT.

FAITH—HOW GUARDED.

STAY WHERE THOU ART.

PSALM XCI. v. 1.

ISAIAH XLVI. v. 9.

RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.

WYTHEBURN CHAPEL AND HOSTEL.

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ON THE CONSECRATION OF A SMALL CHAPEL.

I.

II.

II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.

THE DESERTED CHURCH.

THE WORD OF GOD.

“MULTUM DILEXIT.”

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XXX.

What can a poor man do but love and pray?
But if his love be selfish, then his prayer,
Like noisome vapour, melts in vacant air.
I am a debtor, and I cannot pay.
The alms which drop upon the public way,—
The casual tribute of the good and fair,
With the keen, thriftless avarice of despair
I seize, and live thereon from day to day,
Ingrate and purposeless.—And yet not so:
The mere mendicity of self-contempt
Has not so far debased me, but I know
The faith, the hope, the piety, exempt
From worldly doubt, to which my all I owe.
Since I have nothing, yet I bless the thought,—
Best are they paid whose earthly wage is nought.