France: An Ode

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)



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     O Liberty ! with profitless endeavour
Have I pursued thee, many a weary hour ;
     But thou nor swell'st the victor's strain, nor ever
Didst breathe thy soul in forms of human power.
     Alike from all, howe'er they praise thee,
     (Nor prayer, nor boastful name delays thee)
     [Image]Alike from Priestcraft's harpy minions,
     And factious Blasphemy's obscener slaves,
     Thou speedest on thy subtle pinions,
The guide of homeless winds, and playmate of the waves !
And there I felt thee !--on that sea-cliff's verge,
     Whose pines, scarce travelled by the breeze above,
Had made one murmur with the distant surge !
Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
     Possessing all things with intensest love,
     O Liberty ! my spirit felt thee there.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. more…

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