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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... |
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