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
[316] Shriek'd Fear the ghastliest of Ambition's throng 4{o}.
[317] Feverous] Fev'rish 4{o}, Sibylline Leaves, 1817, 1828, 1829.
Between lines 320 and 321 of the text, the text of _Joan of Arc_, Book
II, continues:--
'Lo she goes!
To Orleans lo! she goes--the mission'd Maid!
The Victor Hosts wither beneath her arm!
And what are Crecy, Poictiers, Azincour 280
But noisy echoes in the ear of Pride?'
Ambition heard and startled on his throne;
But strait a smile of savage joy illum'd
His grisly features, like the sheety Burst
Of Lightning o'er the awaken'd midnight clouds 285
Wide flash'd. [For lo! a flaming pile reflects
Its red light fierce and gloomy on the face
Of SUPERSTITION and her goblin Son
Loud-laughing CRUELTY, who to the stake
A female fix'd, of bold and beauteous mien, 290
Her snow-white Limbs by iron fetters bruis'd
Her breast expos'd.] JOAN saw, she saw and knew
Her perfect image. Nature thro' her frame
One pang shot shiv'ring; but, that frail pang soon
Dismiss'd, 'Even so, &c.
4{o}.
[The passage included in brackets was claimed by Southey.]
[330] calmest] calmy 4{o}.
[339-40]
But lo! no more was seen the ice-pil'd mount
And meteor-lighted dome.--An Isle appear'd
4{o}.
[342] white] rough 4{o}.
[361] and] or 4{o}.
[366-7]
The Sea meantime his Billows darkest roll'd,
And each stain'd wave dash'd on the shore a corse.
4{o}.
[369-72]
His hideous features blended with the mist,
The long black locks of SLAUGHTER. PEACE beheld
And o'er the plain
4{o}.
[369] Like hideous features blended with the clouds Sibylline Leaves,
1817. (_Errata_: for '_blended_', &c., read '_looming on the mist_'. S.
L., p. [xii].)
[378-9]
The name of JUSTICE written on thy brow
Resplendent shone
4{o}, S. L. 1817.
(The reading of the text is given as an emendation in the _Errata_,
Sibylline Leaves, 1817, p. [xii].)
[386] That plays around the sick man's throbbing temples 4{o}.
[394] Chieftains'] Chieftain's 4{o}.
[395] said] replied 4{o}, S. L., 1828.
Between lines 421 and 423 of the text, the text of _Joan of Arc_, Book
II, inserts:--
A Vapor rose, pierc'd by the MAIDEN'S eye.
Guiding its course OPPRESSION sate within,[145:A]
With terror pale and rage, yet laugh'd at times
Musing on Vengeance: trembled in his hand
A Sceptre fiercely-grasp'd. O'er Ocean westward
The Vapor sail'd
4{o}.
[145:A] These images imageless, these _Small-Capitals_
constituting themselves Personifications, I despised even at
that time; but was forced to introduce them, to preserve the
connection with the machinery of the Poem, previously adopted
by Southey. _S. T. C._
After 429 of the text, the text of _Joan of Arc_ inserts:--
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