On the Christening of a Friend’s Child

Samuel Taylor Coleridge * Track #123 On The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol I

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On the Christening of a Friend's Child by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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This day among the faithful plac'd
&nbspAnd fed with fontal manna,
O with maternal title grac'd,
&nbspDear Anna's dearest Anna!

While others wish thee wise and fair,
&nbspA maid of spotless fame,
I'll breathe this more compendious prayer—
&nbspMay'st thou deserve thy name!

Thy mother's name, a potent spell,
&nbspThat bids the Virtues hie
From mystic grove and living cell,
&nbspConfess'd to Fancy's eye;

Meek Quietness without offence;
&nbspContent in homespun kirtle;
True Love; and True Love's Innocence,
&nbspWhite Blossom of the Myrtle!

Associates of thy name, sweet Child!
&nbspThese Virtues may'st thou win;
With face as eloquently mild
&nbspTo say, they lodge within.

So, when her tale of days all flown,
&nbspThy mother shall be miss'd here;
When Heaven at length shall claim its own
&nbspAnd Angels snatch their Sister;

Some hoary-headed friend, perchance,
&nbspMay gaze with stifled breath;
And oft, in momentary trance,
&nbspForget the waste of death.

Even thus a lovely rose I've view'd
&nbspIn summer-swelling pride;
Nor mark'd the bud, that green and rude
&nbspPeep'd at the rose's side.

It chanc'd I pass'd again that way
&nbspIn Autumn's latest hour,
And wond'ring saw the selfsame spray
&nbspRich with the selfsame flower.

Ah fond deceit! the rude green bud
&nbspAlike in shape, place, name,
Had bloom'd where bloom'd its parent stud,
&nbspAnother and the same!

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