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have written The Ancient Mariner with Coleridge;and perhaps the most 

beautiful passage in the poem�察─�adds one critic after another。 It is no more 

than    a  good    likeness�察  �and   has  nothing    whatever     of  the   indescribable 

Coleridge quality。 

     Coleridge reveals�察 �throughout   this poem�察�an   exaltation   of the  senses�察�

which     is  the  most   poetical    thing   that  can   befall  a  simple    poet。  It  is 

necessary only to refer�察�for sight�察�to the stanza on ;the moving Moon; at 

the bottom of page 267�察�for hearing�察�to the supernatural stanzas on page 

271�察�and�察�for touch�察�to the line ´ 

     ;And still my body drank。; 

       ROSE AYLMER 

       Never was a human name more exquisitely sung than in these perfect 

stanzas。 

       THE ISLES OF GREECE 



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       One really fine and poetic stanzaof course�察�the third�察�three stanzas 

that are good eloquencethe fourth�察�fifth�察�and seventh�察�and one that is a 

fair bit of argumentthe tenthmay together perhaps carry the rest。 

       HELLAS 

       The profounder spirit of Shelley's poem yet leaves it a careless piece 

of work in comparison with Byron's。 The two false rhymes at the outset 

may  not   be   of   great   importance�察  �but there   is   something   annoying   in   the 

dissyllabic rhymes of the second stanza。 Dissyllabic rhymes are beautiful 

and   enriching   when   they  fall   in   the   right   place�察  �that   is�察  �where there   is   a 

pause for the second little syllable to stand。 For example�察�they could not be 

better placed than they would have been at the end of the shorter lines of 

this same stanza�察�where they would have dropped into a part of the pause。 

Another sin of sheer heedlessnessthe lapse of grammar in The Skylark�察�

at   the   top   of   page   296   ��With   thy   clear   keen   joyance��   will   remind   the 

reader of the special habitual error of Drummond of Hawthornden。 

       THE WANING MOON 

       In these few lines the Shelley spirit seems to be more intense than in 

any other passage as brief。 

       ODE TO THE WEST WIND 

       This magnificent poem is surely the greatest of a great poses writings�察�

and one of the most splendid poems on nature and on poetry in a literature 

resounding with odes on these enormous themes。 

       THE INVITATION 

       No need to point to a poem that so shines as does this lucent verse。 

       LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI 

       Keats   is   here   the   magical   poet�察  �as   he   is   the   intellectual   poet   in   the 

great    sonnet   following�察   �and   it  is  his  possession   or  promise     of  both 

imaginations that proves him greater than Coleridge。 In his day they seem 

to have found Coleridge to be a thinker in his poetry。 To me he seems to 

have had nothing but senses�察�magic�察�and simplicity�察�and these he had to the 

utmost yet known to man。 Keats was to have been a great intellectual poet�察�

besides all that in fact he was。 

       ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE 

       Of the five odes of Keats�察�the Nightingale is perhaps the most perfect�察�



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and certainly the most imaginative。 But the Grecian Urn is the finest�察�even 

though   it   has   fancy   rather   than   imagination�察  �for   never   was   fancy   more 

exquisite。 The most conspicuous ideathe emptying of the town because 

its folk are away at play in the tale of the antique urnis merely a fancy�察�

and a most antic fancya prank�察�it is an irony of man�察�a rallying of art�察�a 

mockery  of   time�察  �a   burlesque   of   poetry�察  �divine   with   tenderness。 The   six 

lines in which this fancy sports are amongst the loveliest in all literature�此�

the ;little town�察─�the ;peaceful citadel�察�were ever simple adjectives more 

happy�拭�But John Keats's final moral here is undeniably a failure�察�it says so 

much and means so little。 The Ode to Autumn is an exterior ode�察�and not 

in   so   high   a   rank�察  �but   lovely   and   perfect。   The   Psyche   I   love   the   least�察�

because its fancy is rather weak and its sentiment effusive。 It has a touch 

of   the   deadly  sickliness   of   Endymion。   None the   less   does   it   remain   just 

within   the   group   of   the   really   fine   odes   of   English   poets。   The   eloquent 

Melancholy more narrowly escapes exclusion from that group。 



     End   of    Project   Gutenberg      Etext   of   Flower    of  the  Mind�察   �by   Alice 

Meynell More below。 。 。 



     LATER POEMS 



       Contents�此�

       The   Shepherdess   ;I   am   the   Way;   Via�察  �et   Veritas�察  �et   Vita   Why   wilt 

Thou   Chide�拭  �The   Lady   Poverty   The   Fold   Cradle´song   at   Twilight   The 

Roaring      Frost   Parentage      The   Modern      Mother     West    Wind     in  Winter 

November Blue Chimes Unto us a Son is given A Dead Harvest The Two 

Poets A Poet's Wife Veneration of Images At Night 



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                   THE SHEPHERDESS 



    She walksthe lady of my delight ´ A shepherdess of sheep。 Her flocks 

are thoughts。 She keeps them white�察�She guards them from the steep。 She 

feeds them on the fragrant height�察�And folds them in for sleep。 

    She roams maternal hills and bright�察�Dark valleys safe and deep。 Into 

that   tender   breast   at   night   The   chastest   stars   may   peep。   She   walksthe 

lady of my delight ´ A shepherdess of sheep。 

    She holds her little thoughts in sight�察�Though gay they run and leap。 

She is so circumspect and right�察�She has her soul to keep。 She walksthe 

lady of my delight ´ A shepherdess of sheep。 



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                       ;I AM THE WAY; 



    Thou art the Way。 Hadst Thou been nothing but the goal�察�I cannot say 

If Thou hadst ever met my soul。 

    I cannot see ´ I�察�child of processif there lies An end for me�察�Full of 

repose�察�full of replies。 

    I'll not reproach The way that goes�察�my feet that stir。 Access�察�approach�察�

Art Thou�察�time�察�way�察�and wayfarer。 



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          VIA�察�ET VERITAS�察�ET VITA 



    ;You never attained to Him�拭─ �If to attain Be to abide�察�then that may 

be。; ;Endless the way�察�followed with how much pain� ─ �The way was He。; 



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         ;WHY WILT THOU CHIDE�拭─�



    Why wilt thou chide�察�Who hast attained to be denied�拭�Oh learn�察�above 

All price is my refusal�察�Love。 My sacred Nay Was never cheapened by the 

way。 Thy single sorrow crowns thee lord Of an unpurchasable word。 

    Oh strong�察�Oh pure� �As Yea makes happier loves secure�察�I vow  thee 

this Unique rejection of a kiss。 I guard for thee This jealous sad monopoly。 

I seal this honour thine。 None dare Hope for a part in thy despair。 



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                  THE LADY POVERTY 



    The   Lady  Poverty  was   fair�此  �But   she   has   lost   her   looks   of   late�察 �With 

change of times and change of air。 Ah slattern�察�she neglects her hair�察�Her 

gown�察�her shoes。 She keeps no state As once when her pure feet were bare。 

    Oralmost worse�察�if worse can be ´ She scolds in parlours�察�dusts and 

trims�察�Watches and counts。 Oh�察�is this she Whom Francis met�察�whose step 

was   free�察 �Who   with   Obedience   carolled   hymns�察  �In   Umbria   walked   with 

Chastity�拭�

    Where is her ladyhood�拭�Not here�察�Not among modern kinds of men�察�

But in the stony fields�察�where clear Through the thin trees the skies appear�察�

In delicate spare soil and fen�察�And slender landscape and austere。 



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                                 THE FOLD 



     BEHOLD�察  �The   time   is   now�   �Bring   back�察  �bring   back   Thy   flocks   of 

fancies�察�wild of whim。 Oh lead them from the mountain´track ´ Thy frolic 

thoughts untold。 Oh bring them inthe fields grow dim ´ And let me be the 

fold。 

     Behold�察�The   time   is   now�   �Call   in�察  �O   call   Thy   posturing   kisses   gone 

astray   For   scattered   sweets。   Gather   them   all   To   shelter   from   the   cold。 

Throng them together�察�close and gay�察�And let me be the fold� �



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