Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SIGH, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When youth his faery reign began Last Line: Still, mary! Still I sigh for thee. | ||||||||
When Youth his faery reign began Ere sorrow had proclaimed me man; While Peace the present hour beguiled, And all the lovely Prospect smiled; Then Mary! 'mid my lightsome glee I heav'd the painless Sigh for thee. And when, along the waves of woe, My harassed Heart was doomed to know The frantic burst of Outrage keen, And the slow Pang that gnaws unseen; Then shipwrecked on Life's stormy sea I heaved an anguished Sigh for thee! But soon Reflection's power imprest A stiller sadness on my breast; And sickly hope with waning eye Was well content to droop and die: I yielded to the stern decree, Yet heaved a languid Sigh for thee! And though in distant climes to roam, A wanderer from my native home, I fain would soothe the sense of Care, And lull to sleep the Joys that were, Thy Image may not banished be -- Still, Mary! still I sigh for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 COLOGNE; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE; THE ONLY SURE FRIEND OF DECLINING LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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