KUBLA KHAN; OR, A VISION IN A DREAM A FRAGMENT IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan Through caverns measureless to man So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted 5 By woman wailing for her demon-lover! And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far The shadow of the dome of pleasure Where was heard the mingled measure It was a miracle of rare device, We were two pretty babes, the youngest she, 40 3535 And INNOCENCE her name. We two did love each other's The time has been company; Time was we two had wept to have been apart ΙΟ WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775-1864 ROSE AYLMER АH what avails the sceptered race, Ah what the form divine! What every virtue, every grace! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee. 5 THOMAS CAMPBELL 1777-1844 HOHENLINDEN ON Linden, when the sun was low, Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills, with thunder riven, Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! 5 ΙΟ 15 20 25 |