The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
English poetry -- 19th century
_Isidore._ 'Neath those tall stones, which propping each the other,
Form a mock portal with their pointed arch? 185
Pardon my smiles! 'Tis a poor idiot boy,
Who sits in the sun, and twirls a bough about,
His weak eyes seeth'd in most unmeaning tears.
And so he sits, swaying his cone-like head,
And staring at his bough from morn to sun-set, 190
See-saws his voice in inarticulate noises.
_Ordonio._ 'Tis well, and now for this same wizard's lair.
_Isidore._ Some three strides up the hill, a mountain ash
Stretches its lower boughs and scarlet clusters
O'er the old thatch.
_Ordonio._ I shall not fail to find it. 195
[_Exeunt ORDONIO and ISIDORE._
LINENOTES:
[3] My] _My_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[17] And how, my lord? I pray you name the thing. Editions 1, 2, 3.
[19] _Ordonio (with embarrassment and hesitation)._ Editions 1, 2, 3,
1829.
[23] truth] _truth_ Editions 2, 3, 1829.
[24] _Isidore (looking as suddenly alarmed)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[37] upon] on _Edition 1_.]
[61] _Isidore (with stammering)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[63] incautious] _incautious_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[67] native] _native_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[69] _Ordonio (aloud, though to express his contempt he speaks in the
third person)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[79] _Ordonio (with bitter scorn)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[83] _Ordonio (alarmed)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[84] those] these Edition 1.
[91] Am I not a _man_? Edition 1. I] _I_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[97] _Ordonio (sighing as if lost in thought)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[98] _Ordonio (with eager suspicion)._ Editions 2, 3, 1829.
[98] _Isidore (indignantly)._ Editions 2, 3, 1829.
[108] I] _I_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[109] its] his Edition 1.
[120] He was the image of the Deity. Edition 1.
[After 120] [_A pause._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[After 122] [_A pause._ _Editions 2, 3, 1829_.
[127]
This sickness of the heart [_A pause._
Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829, &c.
[After 129] [_A pause._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[Before 134] _Ordonio (starts, looking at him wildly; then, after a
pause, during which his features are forced into a smile)._ Editions 1,
2, 3, 1829.
[145] Stole] Stoln Editions 1, 2, 3.
[161] your] _your_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.
[After 181]
Some three yards up the hill a mountain ash
Stretches its lower boughs and scarlet clusters
O'er the old thatch.
_Ord._ I shall not fail to find it. [_Exit ORDONIO. ISIDORE goes
into his Cottage._
Edition 1.
[182-95] om. Edition 1.
SCENE II
_The inside of a Cottage, around which flowers and plants of various
kinds are seen. Discovers ALVAR, ZULIMEZ and ALHADRA, as on the point of
leaving._
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