Elegy

Samuel Taylor Coleridge * Track #69 On The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol I

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Elegy by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Elegy Annotated

Near the lone pile with ivy overspread,
&nbspFast by the rivulet's sleep-persuading sound,
Where 'sleeps the moonlight' on yon verdant bed—
&nbspO humbly press that consecrated ground!

For there does Edmund rest, the learnéd swain!
&nbspAnd there his spirit most delights to rove:
Young Edmund! fam'd for each harmonious strain,
&nbspAnd the sore wounds of ill-requited Love.

Like some tall tree that spreads its branches wide,
&nbspAnd loads the West-wind with its soft perfume,
His manhood blossom'd; till the faithless pride
&nbspOf fair Matilda sank him to the tomb.

But soon did righteous Heaven her Guilt pursue!
&nbspWhere'er with wilder'd step she wander'd pale,
Still Edmund's image rose to blast her view,
&nbspStill Edmund's voice accus'd her in each gale.

With keen regret, and conscious Guilt's alarms,
&nbspAmid the pomp of Affluence she pined;
Nor all that lur'd her faith from Edmund's arms
&nbspCould lull the wakeful horror of her mind.

Go, Traveller! tell the tale with sorrow fraught:
&nbspSome tearful Maid perchance, or blooming Youth,
May hold it in remembrance; and be taught
&nbspThat Riches cannot pay for Love or Truth.

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