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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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IX

38 lines
Samuel Taylor Coleridge·1772–1834
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nboastful Maid! though now the Lily paleTransparent grace thy beauties meek;Yet ere again along the impurpling vale,The purpling vale and elfin-haunted grove, 105Young Zephyr his fresh flowers profusely throws,We'll tinge with livelier hues thy cheek;And, haply, from the nectar-breathing RoseExtract a Blush for Love! 1793. FOOTNOTES: [40:1] First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and1834. _The Songs of the Pixies_ forms part of the volume of MS. Poemspresented to Mrs. Estlin, and of a quarto MS. volume which the poetretained for his own use. LINENOTES: This preface appears in all editions. Previous to 1834 the secondparagraph read:--To this place the Author conducted a party of youngLadies, during the Summer months of the year 1793, &c. The Songs of the Pixies, an irregular Ode. The lower orders of thepeople in Devonshire have a superstition concerning the existence of'Pixies', a race of beings supposed to be invisibly small, and harmlessor friendly to man. At a small village in the county, half-way up aHill, is a large excavation called the 'Pixies'' Parlour. The roots ofthe trees growing above it form the ceiling--and on its sides areengraved innumerable cyphers, among which the author descried his ownand those of his Brothers, cut by the rude hand of their childhood. Atthe foot of the Hill flows the River Otter. To this place the Author hadthe Honour of conducting a party of Young Ladies during the Summermonths, on which occasion the following Poem was written. MS. E. _Note._ The emendations in ll. 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 are peculiar to theedition of 1834, and are, certainly, Coleridge's own handiwork. [9] to] all MS. 4{o}, MS. E, 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829. [11] Ere Morn with living gems bedight MS. 4{o}E, 1796, 1797, 1803,1828, 1829. [12] Hath streak'd] Purples MS. 4{o}, MS. E, 1796, 1828, 1829: Streaks1797, 1803. rosy] streaky MS. E, 1796, 1828, 1829: purple 1797, 1803. After l. 14 the following lines appear in MS. 4{o}, MS. E, 1796, 1797,1803, 1828:
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