Romantic notions

By Parson Thru

Fri, 24 Jul 2020
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Oh, look! It’s daylight there

In clear blue, between the sheets of cloud

And Wordsworth had his way

With Coleridge’ Mariner

To minimise its sound

 

And life is thus: whoever lives

Describes the world for those who follow on

For human life resoundeth

To the cadence

Of the minstrel’s song

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Submitted by Penny4athought on

Poetry doth speak to our thoughts – sometimes very well- Nicely done Parson – Wordsworth did applaud the passion of Coleridge’s poem but, I think, was off put by the length of descriptive imagery within the stanzas – Still he said the passion was worth noting. I can hear the passion in your words too: “For the human life resoundeth to the cadence of the minstrel’s song” Indeed it does Parson…indeed it does!

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Penny4athought. I was reading something somewhere about the various editions of The Lyrical Ballads and then Wordsworth's own collections, where he (generously it seems) included Coleridge's works (perhaps those from their collaboration). I wish I could remember what I was reading, but I poisoned myself during or shortly after the read.

Your knowledge seems deeper than mine. I'm just a tourist on a big red literary bus.

Thank you again for your kind encouragement.

Parson Thru