Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). From The Lover's Resolution. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From The Lover’s Resolution

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)


.. O WILD 1 and desert stream!..
Gloomy and dark art thou—the crowded firs
Spire from thy shores, and stretch across thy bed,
Making thee doleful as a cavern-well:
Save when the shy king-fishers build their nest	5
On thy steep banks, no loves hast thou, wild stream!

Note 1. S. T. Coleridge. The Lover’s resolution, ll. 113 seq. [back]