Poetry Catalog

We pledged our hearts, my love and I,--I in my arms the maiden clasping;I could not guess the reason why,But, oh! I trembled like an aspen. Her father's love she bade me gain;I went, but shook like any reed!I strove to act the man--in vain!We had exchanged our hearts indeed. … [Read more...] about The Exchange, By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Ere on my bed my limbs I lay,It hath not been my use to prayWith moving lips or bended knees;But silently, by slow degrees,My spirit I to Love compose,In humble trust mine eye-lids close,With reverential resignation,No wish conceived, no thought exprest,Only a sense of supplication;A sense o'er all my soul imprestThat I am weak, yet not unblest,Since in me, round me, every … [Read more...] about The Pains of Sleep, By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Oft, oft methinks, the while with thee,I breathe, as from the heart, thy dearAnd dedicated name, I hearA promise and a mystery,A pledge of more than passing life,Yea, in that very name of Wife! A pulse of love, that ne'er can sleep!A feeling that upbraids the heartWith happiness beyond desert,That gladness half requests to weep!Nor bless I not the keener senseAnd unalarming … [Read more...] about The Happy Husband, By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If thou wert here, these tears were tears of light!But from as sweet a vision did I startAs ever made these eyes grow idly bright!And though I weep, yet still around my heartA sweet and playful tenderness doth linger,Touching my heart as with an infant's finger. My mouth half open, like a witless man,I saw our couch, I saw our quiet room,Its shadows heaving by the fire-light … [Read more...] about The Day-Dream, By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,The Linnet and Thrush say, 'I love and I love!'In the winter they're silent--the wind is so strong;What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song.But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather,And singing, and loving--all come back together.But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love,The green fields below … [Read more...] about Answer to a Child’s Question, By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge