by Coleridge · Cluster: Wonder and Gratitude · Sublime · Storm
Abstract
A short nature-lyric on Blencathra’s stormy height, contrasting the quiet sublime sky with the noise and riot of earthly things.
Connections
Topoi: Sublime in Nature Motifs: Nature, Storm, Wind Themes & Concepts: Sublime Forms & Genres: Lyric Settings: Mountains
Testo integrale / Full text
On stern Blencartha’s perilous height
The winds are tyrannous and strong;
And flashing forth unsteady light
From stern Blencartha’s skiey height,
As loud the torrents throng! 5
Beneath the moon, in gentle weather,
They bind the earth and sky together.
But oh! the sky and all its forms, how quiet!
The things that seek the earth, how full of noise and riot!
1800.