For I was reared In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds, Which image... The Italian Drama - Page 450by Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis) - 1834 - 42 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1851 - 696 pages
...Coleridge's poems, the poet compares his own early culture with that which he desires for his child. ' I was reared • ! In the great city, pent mid cloisters dim, • •» • •' And saw nought lovely hot the sky and star*; Bttt thou, my babe, slialt wander like a breeze, . •> . By lakes and sandy... | |
| English poetry - 1812 - 654 pages
...at thce, And think, that thou shall learn far other lore, And in far other scenes ! For I was rear'd in the great city, pent 'mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thov, my babel shall wander, like a breeze,' By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient... | |
| English poetry - 1812 - 656 pages
...shalt learn far other lore/ And in far other scenes ! For I was rear'd In the great city, pent 'raid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander, like a breeze, By lakes and sandy shores? beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...at thee, And think that thou shalt learn far other lore And in far other scenes ! For I was rear'd In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars-. But th&u, my babe! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...gladness, thus to look at thee, And think that thou shalt learn far other lore And in far other scenes ! For I was reared In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters...nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...at I her, And think that thou shalt learn far other lore And in far other scenes! For I was rear'd arful fray had But now was stretched upon his gory bed, The mute companion of the silent dea i/ii:n, my babe! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crag* Of ancient... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...at thee. And think that ihou ehalt loam far other lore. And in ihr other scenes ! For I was rear'd e Duke Bear up against these worst bad tidings ? О If that my husband now were b stare. But Uiou, my babe ! shall wander liko a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath Ihe orogs... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...gladness, thus to look at thee, And think that thou shall learn far other love, And in far other scenes ! For I was reared In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters...nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1834 - 550 pages
...lisp. How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little:.hand, the small forefinger up, And bid^us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate....nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe, shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath... | |
| Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1834 - 312 pages
...gladness, thus to look at thee, And think that thou shall learn far other lore And in far other scenes ! For I was reared In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters...dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But them, my babe ! shah wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain,... | |
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