Anthem for the Children of Christ’s Hospital

Samuel Taylor Coleridge * Track #5 On The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol I

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Anthem for the Children of Christ's Hospital by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Written in 1789; Coleridge was a student at Christ’s Hospital, a public school in West Sussex county. The poem is comprised of four octets (eight-line stanzas) each of which follows an ABABCCDD rhyme scheme.

The purpose of the poem is to praise not the children of Christ’s Hospital, but the school...

Anthem for the Children of Christ’s Hospital Annotated

&nbspSeraphs! around th' Eternal's seat who throng
&nbsp       &nbspWith tuneful ecstasies of praise:
&nbspO! teach our feeble tongues like yours the song
&nbsp       &nbspOf fervent gratitude to raise—
&nbspLike you, inspired with holy flame
&nbspTo dwell on that Almighty name
Who bade the child of Woe no longer sigh,
And Joy in tears o'erspread the widow's eye.

&nbspTh' all-gracious Parent hears the wretch's prayer;
&nbsp       &nbspThe meek tear strongly pleads on high; 0
&nbspWan Resignation struggling with despair
&nbsp       &nbspThe Lord beholds with pitying eye;
&nbspSees cheerless Want unpitied pine,
&nbspDisease on earth its head recline,
And bids Compassion seek the realms of woe
To heal the wounded, and to raise the low.

&nbspShe comes! she comes! the meek-eyed Power I see
&nbsp       &nbspWith liberal hand that loves to bless;
&nbspThe clouds of Sorrow at her presence flee;
&nbsp       &nbspRejoice! rejoice! ye Children of Distress! 0
&nbspThe beams that play around her head
&nbspThro' Want's dark vale their radiance spread:
The young uncultur'd mind imbibes the ray,
And Vice reluctant quits th' expected prey.

&nbspCease, thou lorn mother! cease thy wailings drear;
&nbsp       &nbspYe babes! the unconscious sob forego;
&nbspOr let full Gratitude now prompt the tear
&nbsp       &nbspWhich erst did Sorrow force to flow.
&nbspUnkindly cold and tempest shrill
&nbspIn Life's morn oft the traveller chill, 0
But soon his path the sun of Love shall warm;
And each glad scene look brighter for the storm!

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