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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have been cherish'd and forgiven Last Line: Your praise to my great father. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Forgiveness; Heaven; Clemency; Paradise | |||
I have been cherish'd and forgiven By many tender-hearted, 'Twas for the sake of one in Heaven Of him that is departed. Because I bear my Father's name I am not quite despised, My little legacy of fame I've not yet realized. And yet if you should praise myself I'll tell you, I had rather You'd give your love to me, poor elf, Your praise to my great father. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
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