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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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Yet ere again the purpling vale

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge·1772–1834
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S. 4{o}, MS. E. [108] nectar-breathing] nectar-dropping MS. E. [109] for] of MS. E. THE ROSE[45:1] As late each flower that sweetest blowsI pluck'd, the Garden's pride!Within the petals of a RoseA sleeping Love I spied. Around his brows a beamy wreath 5Of many a lucent hue;All purple glow'd his cheek, beneath,Inebriate with dew. I softly seiz'd the unguarded Power,Nor scared his balmy rest: 10And placed him, caged within the flower,On spotless Sara's breast. But when unweeting of the guileAwoke the prisoner sweet,He struggled to escape awhile 15And stamp'd his faery feet. Ah! soon the soul-entrancing sightSubdued the impatient boy!He gazed! he thrill'd with deep delight!Then clapp'd his wings for joy. 20 'And O!' he cried--'Of magic kindWhat charms this Throne endear!Some other Love let Venus find--I'll fix _my_ empire _here_.'[46:1] 1793. FOOTNOTES: [45:1] First published in 1796, included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and1834. A copy of this poem is written in pencil on the blank page ofLanghorne's _Collins_; a note adds, 'This "Effusion" and "Kisses" wereaddressed to a Miss F. Nesbitt at Plymouth, whither the authoraccompanied his eldest brother, to whom he was paying a visit, when hewas twenty-one years of age.' In a letter to his brother George, datedJuly 28, 1793, Coleridge writes, 'presented a moss rose to a lady. DickHart [George Coleridge's brother-in-law] asked if she was not afraid toput it in her bosom, as, perhaps, there might be love in it. Iimmediately wrote the following little ode or song or what you please tocall it. [The Rose.] It is of the namby-pamby genus.' _Letters of S. T.C._, 1895, i. 54. [46:1] _Letters of S. T. C._, 1895, i. p. 55. LINENOTES: Title] On presenting a moss rose to Miss F. Nesbitt. MS. (pencil).Effusion xxvi. 1796. [5] beamy] lucent MS. E: lucid Letter, 1793. [6] lucent] changing MS. E: mingled Letter, 1793. [12]
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