Ode to Tranquillity

Samuel Taylor Coleridge * Track #178 On The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol I

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Ode to Tranquillity by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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&nbspTranquillity! thou better name
&nbspThan all the family of Fame!
&nbspThou ne'er wilt leave my riper age
&nbspTo low intrigue, or factious rage;
&nbspFor oh! dear child of thoughtful Truth,
&nbspTo thee I gave my early youth,
And left the bark, and blest the steadfast shore,
Ere yet the tempest rose and scared me with its roar.

&nbspWho late and lingering seeks thy shrine,
&nbspOn him but seldom, Power divine,
&nbspThy spirit rests! Satiety
&nbspAnd Sloth, poor counterfeits of thee,
&nbspMock the tired worldling. Idle Hope
&nbspAnd dire Remembrance interlope,
To vex the feverish slumbers of the mind:
The bubble floats before, the spectre stalks behind.

&nbspBut me thy gentle hand will lead
&nbspAt morning through the accustomed mead;
&nbspAnd in the sultry summer's heat
&nbspWill build me up a mossy seat;
&nbspAnd when the gust of Autumn crowds,
&nbspAnd breaks the busy moonlight clouds,
Thou best the thought canst raise, the heart attune,
Light as the busy clouds, calm as the gliding moon.

&nbspThe feeling heart, the searching soul,
&nbspTo thee I dedicate the whole!
&nbspAnd while within myself I trace
&nbspThe greatness of some future race,
&nbspAloof with hermit-eye I scan
&nbspThe present works of present man—
A wild and dream-like trade of blood and guile,
Too foolish for a tear, too wicked for a smile!

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