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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 11. TO RICHARD SHERIDAN, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was some spirit, sheridan! That breathed Last Line: As erst that elder fiend beneath great michael's sword. Subject(s): Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816) | |||
It was some Spirit, Sheridan! that breathed O'er thy young mind such wildly various power! My soul hath marked thee in her shaping hour, Thy temples with Hymettian flow'rets wreathed: And sweet thy voice, as when o'er Laura's bier Sad music trembled through Vauclusa's glade; Sweet, as at dawn the love-lorn Serenade That wafts soft dreams to Slumber's listening ear. Now patriot rage and indignation high Swell the full tones! And now thine eye-beams dance Meanings of Scorn and Wit's quaint revelry! Writhes inly from the bosom-probing glance The Apostate by the brainless rout adored, As erst that elder Fiend beneath great Michael's sword. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PROLOGUE TO 'THE CRITIC' by RICHARD FITZPATRICK EPILOGUE TO 'PIZZARO' by WILLIAM LAMB LINES ON THE DEATH OF SHERIDAN by THOMAS MOORE A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AN INVOCATION; SONG, FR. REMORSE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AN ODE TO THE RAIN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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