The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 and 2Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 and 2
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
English poetry -- 19th century
[146:A] ο before ζ ought to have been made long; δοῑς ὑπōζ is
an Amphimacer not (as the metre here requires) a Dactyl. _S.
T. C._
[147:1] Tho' these Lines may bear a sane sense, yet they are easily, and
more naturally interpreted with a very false and dangerous one. But I
was at that time one of the _Mongrels_, the Josephidites [Josephides =
the Son of Joseph], a proper name of distinction from those who believe
_in_, as well as believe Christ the only begotten Son of the Living God
before all Time. _MS. Note by S. T. C._
LINENOTES:
[1] No more of Usurpation's doom'd defeat 4{o}.
[5-6]
Beneath whose shadowy banners wide unfurl'd
Justice leads forth her tyrant-quelling hosts.
4{o}, Sibylline Leaves.
[5] THE WILL, THE WORD, THE BREATH, THE LIVING GOD 1828, 1829.
[6] _Added in_ 1834.
[9-12]
The Harp which hanging high between the shields
Of Brutus and Leonidas oft gives
A fitful music to the breezy touch
Of patriot spirits that demand their fame.
4{o}.
[12] Man's] Earth's Sibylline Leaves, 1828, 1829.
[15]
But chiefly this with holiest habitude
Of constant Faith, him First, him Last to view
4{o}.
[23-6]
Things from their shadows. Know thyself my Soul!
Confirm'd thy strength, thy pinions fledged for flight
Bursting this shell and leaving next thy nest
Soon upward soaring shalt thou fix intense
Thine eaglet eye on Heaven's Eternal Sun!
4{o}.
The substance from its shadow--Earth's broad shade
Revealing by Eclipse, the Eternal Sun.
Sibylline Leaves.
[The text of lines 23-6 is given in the Errata p. [lxii].]
[37] om. 4{o}.
[40] seems] is 4{o}.
[44] Form one all-conscious Spirit, who directs 4{o}.
[46] om. 4{o}.
[47] involvéd] component 4{o}.
[54] lightnings] lightning 4{o}.
[70] Niemi] Niemi's 4{o}.
[90] deem] deemed 1829.
[96-7]
Speeds from the mother of Death his destin'd way
To snatch the murderer from his secret cell.
4{o}.
[Between lines 99-100]
(Where live the innocent as far from cares
As from the storms and overwhelming waves
Dark tumbling on the surface of the deep).
4{o}, Sibylline Leaves, 1828, 1829.
These lines form part of an addition (lines 111-21) which dates from
1834.
[103] Where] There 4{o}, Sibylline Leaves, 1828, 1829.
[105] om. 4{o}.
[107] 'scaping] escaping 4{o}, Sibylline Leaves, 1828, 1829.
[108] fateful word] fatal sound 4{o}.
[112-21] thence thro' . . . Untenanted are not included in 4{o},
Sibylline Leaves, 1828, or 1829. For lines 113-15 vide _ante_, variant
of line 99 of the text.
[112] Ocean] Ocean's 1828, 1829.
[130 foll.]
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