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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WISH WRITTEN IN JESUS WOOD, FEB. 10TH, 1792, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo! Thro' the dusky silence of the groves
Last Line: Compose with icy hand!
First Line: Lo! Thro' the dusky silence of the groves
Last Line: Compose with icy hand!
Lo! thro' the dusky silence of the groves,
Thro' vales irriguous, and thro' green retreats,
With languid murmur creeps the placid stream,
And works its secret way!
Awhile meand'ring round its native fields
It rolls the playful wave, and winds its flight:
Then downward flowing with awaken'd speed
Embosoms in the Deep!
Thus thro' its silent tenor may my Life
Smooth its meek stream, by sordid Wealth unclogg'd,
Alike unconscious of forensic storms,
And Glory's blood-stain'd palm!
And when dark Age shall close Life's little day,
Satiate of sport, and weary of its toils,
E'en thus may slumbrous Death my decent limbs
Compose with icy hand!
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