by Coleridge · Cluster: Faith · Providence · Divine Love
Abstract
Blank-verse continuation to Charles Lamb: midnight weeping for the lost sister, then hope, faith in the all-seeing Spirit and thanksgiving; grief, faith, friendship.
Connections
Motifs: Night Themes & Concepts: Grief and Loss, Faith, Friendship, Hope, Wonder and Gratitude Forms & Genres: Blank Verse Historical References: Christianity
Testo integrale / Full text
O! I have wak’d at midnight, and have wept,
Because she was not! — Cheerily, dear Charles!
Thou thy best friend shalt cherish many a year: 20
Such warm presages feel I of high Hope.
For not uninterested the dear Maid
I’ve view’d — her soul affectionate yet wise,
Her polish’d wit as mild as lambent glories
That play around a sainted infant’s head. 25
He knows (the Spirit that in secret sees,
Of whose omniscient and all-spreading Love
Aught to implore were impotence of mind)
That my mute thoughts are sad before his throne,
Prepar’d, when he his healing ray vouchsafes, 30
Thanksgiving to pour forth with lifted heart,
And praise Him Gracious with a Brother’s Joy!
1794.