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
[12] way] path 1802.
[23] smote air, earth, and sea] smote earth, air, and sea 1798, 4{o}, P.
R.: shook earth, air, and sea 1802.
[24] foot] feet 1798.
[26] lofty] eager 1802.
[27] sang] sung 1798, 4{o}, P. R.
[30] marched] mov'd 1802.
[34] the] that 1802.
[35] flung] spread 1802.
[41] But] I 1802.
[44] that sweet music] those sweet Pæans 1802.
[46] e'er was] ever 1798, 4{o}, P. R.
[51] deep-scarr'd] deep-scar'd 1798, 4{o}, P. R., S. L.
[53] insupportably] irresistibly 1802.
[54] ramp] tramp 1828, 1829, 1834, 1852. [Text of 1834 is here
corrected.]
[58] reproached] rebuk'd 1802.
[59] said] cried 1802.
[62] compel] persuade 1802.
[63] call the Earth] lo! the earth's 1802.
[64] those] these 4{o}, P. R.
[66] caverns] cavern 1834, 1852. [Text of 1834 is here corrected.]
[69] And ye that flying spot the [your 1802] mountain-snows 1798: And ye
that fleeing spot the mountain-snows 4{o}, P. R.
[75] stormy] native 1802.
[77] taint] stain 1802.
[79] patriot] patient 1798, 1802.
[80] Was this thy boast 1802.
[81] Kings in the low lust] monarchs in the lust 1802.
[85-9] The fifth stanza, which alluded to the African Slave Trade as
conducted by this Country, and to the present Ministry and their
supporters, has been omitted, and would have been omitted without remark
if the commencing lines of the sixth stanza had not referred to it.
VI
Shall I with _these_ my patriot zeal combine?
No, Afric, no! they stand before my ken
Loath'd as th' Hyaenas, that in murky den
Whine o'er their prey and mangle while they whine,
Divinest Liberty! with vain endeavour
1798.
[87] burst] break 1802. and] to B. L., _i. 194_. name] name B. L.
[91] strain] pomp B. L.
[92] in] on 1802.
[95] Priestcraft's] priesthood's 4{o}, P. R.: superstition's B. L.
[97] subtle] cherub B. L.
[98]
To live amid the winds and move upon the waves
1798, 4{o}, P. R.
To live among the winds and brood upon the waves
1802.
[99] there] there 1798: then 4{o}, P. R. that] yon 1802.
[100] scarce] just 1802.
[102] Yes, as I stood and gazed my forehead bare 1802.
[104] with] by 1802.
THE OLD MAN OF THE ALPS[248:1]
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