Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From The Blossoming of the Solitary Date-tree |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | | FOR 1 never touch of gladness stirs my heart, | |
| But timorously beginning to rejoice | |
| Like a blind Arab, that from sleep doth start | |
| In lonesome tent, I listen for thy voice. | |
| Beloved! ’tis not thine; thou art not there! | 5 |
| Then melts the bubble into idle air, | |
| And wishing without hope I restlessly despair. | |
| | | Note 1. Coleridge. From The blossoming of the solitary date-tree. A lament. St. IV. ‘Sibylline Leaves’. [back] | | |
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