Poems 10033147.Pdf

Poems 10033147.Pdf

C HARL ES K ING SL EY Va ] iL u nh u n M A A ND CM I L L N A C O . A ND NE W YO RK The right of translaxio n and reprodu ction i: reserved 1 8 vo) 187 . Re rin ted 1 872 1 875 Ma 1 877. p , , y Ed t rown 8 vo December 1 8 7 New i ion (C ) 7 . 5 1 8 Re rin ted 1 878 1 879 1 880 1 882 , 1 884 1 88 , 87 . p , , , , New Edition 1 889 . 1 . Eversley Edition (2 vols. Globe 8110) September 884 C O NTENTS ’ THE SA INT s TRA GEDY A NDROMEDA HYPOTHESES HYPOCH ONDBIA CJE TE RRILL WEL L IN AN ILLU M INATED MISSAL THE WEIRD L ADY PALINODIA A HO PE THE POETRY OF A ROOT CROP CH ILD BAL LAD A IRLY BEACON SAPPHO THE BAD SQ U I RE SCOTC H SONG THE YOUNG KNIGHT A NEW FOREST BALLAD THE RED KING TH E O UT LAW SING HEIGH - HO ! A MARC H v iii CONTENTS THE NIGHT BIRD THE DEAD CHURCH . A PARABLE FROM LIEBIG THE STARLINGS OL D A ND NEW THE WATCHMAN THE WORLD ’ S AGE TH E SANDS OF DEE THE TIDE ROCK ELEGIACS DA RTSIDE MY HUNTING SONG ’ ALTON LOCK E S SONG THE DAY OF THE LORD A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE OUBIT THE THREE FISHERS SONNET MARGARET . TO DOLCINO DOLCINO TO MARGARET THE UGLY PRINCESS SONNET THE SWAN -NECK A THOUGHT FROM THE RHINE ' A .D . THE LONGBEARDS SAGA . IN 304 A D. SA T MAURA, O N THE DEATH OF A CERTAIN JOURNAL DOWN TO THE MOTHERS CONTENTS ix TO MISS MITFORD BALLAD OF EARL HALDAN ’S DAUGHTER ’ F NK I N . A D 1 586 RA LE GH S SO G . O DE TO THE NORTH - EAST WIND A FAREWELL G. TO G . A . THE SOUTH WIND THE I NV ITATI O N THE FIND FISHING SONG THE LAST BUCCANEER THE KNIGHT ’ S RETURN PE N-Y -GWRYDD ODE ‘ ’ SONGS FROM THE WATER - BABIES THE TIDE RI VER YOUNG AND O L D THE SUMMER SEA MY LITTLE DOLL ’ THE KNIGHT S LEAP A D . 39 THE SONG OF THE LITTLE BA L T UNG . 5 ON P KIN I N THE DEATH OF LEO OLD , G OF THE BELG A S EAS TER WEEK DRIFTING AWAY CHRISTMA S DAY P 21 1 870 SE TEMBER , THE MANGO -TREE THE PRIEST ’ S HEART CONTENTS ‘ ’ ’ ’ QU EST Q U IL DIT THE LEGEND OF LA BREA HYMN THE DELECTABLE DAY JUV ENTUS MUNDI VALENTINE ’ S DAY BALLAD MARTIN LIGHTFOOT’ S SONG THE SA I NT ’ S T RA GEDY P RE F A C E BY THE V F M A A . RE D U RI C E M . , (1 8 4 8) THE writer Of this play do es n ot differ with his c ountrym en f e t o e e O D . g nerally, as the natur and r quirements a rama He has learnt from ou r Gre at Maste rs that it Should e x hibit o e u t human beings engaged in s me earn st str ggle, cer ain outward aspects O f which may p ossibly be a Spectacle for Of e e for the amusement idl rs, but which in its lf is the study h are and the sympathy O f tho se w o struggling themse lve s . A D o n ot o O f rama, he feels, sh uld aim at the inculcati n any definite max im the moral of it lie s in th e actio n and the u h e character. It must be drawn o t of them by t e h art and x Of th e n ot o o o . e perience reader, f rced up n him by the auth r The men and women who m h e pre se nts are n ot t o be his spo kesmen they are t o utter themselves freely in such g or u e e x e langua e, grave mirthf l, as b st press s what they ee W are Th e a e t o e e o f l and hat they . g which th y b l ng is n ot t o be contemplated as if it were apart from us ne ithe r is it t o be measured by ou r rules t o be he ld up as a mo de l ; for Th e t o be c ondemned its strange ne ss . passions which o b e o o o e w rked in it must th se which are w rking in urs lves . To e e the same ternal laws and principl s are we, and it, e o oe t o amenable . By b h lding these a p t is raise himself, o ai d o e and may h pe to r se his rea ers, ab v antiquarian tastes Th e O f and mode rn conventions . unity the play cannot be conf e rred up on it by any artificial arrangeme nts ; it must depend upo n the relation Of th e different pers ons and he e NO eve nts t o t c ntral subj ect . nice adjustme nts Of ‘ success and failure to right and wrong must constitute its poetical justice ; the c o nscience Of t h e re aders must be o e e satisfied in s me d eper way than this, that th re is an u e o e order in the niv rse, and that the p et has perc ived and asserted it . L ong before these principl e s were re duc e d into formal f o ox o e e canons O rthod y, even while they enc unt r d the o o of o o strong Opp siti n critics, they were unc nsci usly re o Ye c ognised by Englishmen as sound and nati nal . t I questio n w hether a clergym an writing in c onformi ty with mi n ot them ght have incurred censure in former times, and Th e i Of x i may not incur it now. priv lege e pressing h s f hi o Of ow n thoughts , suf erings, sympat es, in any f rm verse is easily conceded to him ; if he liked t o use a dialogue o r Of o instead of a monol gue , for the pu pose enf rcing a . or i n o on e duty, llustrating a doctrine, would find fault with him if he pro duced an actual Drama for the purpose PREFACE x v of e e o r ou e or d f nding den ncing a particular charact r, e od or O f O o the o e Of on e p ri , system pini ns , c mplim nts party r r O f might console him fo the abuse o contempt another. Bu t it s e ems t o be supp osed that he is bound t o keep in vi e w on e or oth e r of these ends : to divest himse lf of his o w n individuality that he may enter into the working of other Spirits to lay aside th e authority which pron ounces on e O o or o n e of t o o pini n , habit mind, be right and an ther o h e e x e r e t o wr ng, that may hibit th m in their actual st if , o n ot S x deal with questi ns, in an abstract hape, but mi ed ~ o e o of up with the affecti ns, passions, r lati ns human o ou creatures, is a c urse which must lead him , it is th ght, o o O f O fi O f int a great f rgetfulness his f ce, and all that is involve d in it . NO on e can have less interest than I have in claiming ' o v e e for n o o n e I p etical pri il g s the clergy and , believe, is more thoroughly convinced that the standard which s oci e ty for t o o o o ou r prescribes us, and which we rdinarily c nf rm e e O f t oo e o t s lves, inst ad being sever and l f y, is far too I e a secular and grovelling. But appreh nd the limit ti ons of this kind which are impose d upon us are themselves x e i e e o e o e o of e c ed ngly s cular, b t k ning an entire misc nc pti n t he e of ou r o o o x i natur w rk, pr ceeding fr m ma ms and habits e t o k which t nd ma e it utte rly insignificant and abortive . If a man confi n e s himself t o the utterance O f his ow n e x e o e e x e e t o e o e p riences, th s p ri nces are likely b c me ev ry he o f t o th e day more narro w and less re al .

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