George​ ​Harper​ ​titled​ ​them​ ​with
subtitle​ ​of​ ​one​ ​which​ ​describes​ ​how​ ​the​ ​title​ ​creature​ ​"crowds,​ ​and​ ​(+) hurries,​ ​and
precipitates/With​ ​fast​ ​thick​ ​warble​ ​his​ ​delicious​ ​notes"​ ​in​ ​a​ ​stanza​ ​in​ ​which​ ​youths​ ​"Full​ ​of​ ​meek
sympathy​ ​must​ ​heave​ ​their​ ​sighs/O'er​ ​Philomela's​ ​pity-pleading​ ​strains."​ ​
The​ ​speaker​ ​of​ ​one​ ​of​ ​these​ ​poems​ ​notes​ ​that​ '​ Tis​ ​well​ ​to​ ​be​ ​bereft​ ​of​ ​promis'd​ ​good/That
we​ ​may​ ​lift​ ​the​ ​soul"​ ​while​ ​his​ ​friends​ ​"wander​ ​in​ ​gladness".​ ​George​ ​Harper​ ​titled​ ​them​ ​with
subtitle​ ​of​ ​one​ ​which​ ​describes​ ​how​ ​the​ ​title​ ​creature​ ​"crowds,​ ​and​ ​(+) hurries,​ ​and
precipitates/With​ ​fast​ ​thick​ ​warble​ ​his​ ​delicious​ ​notes"​ ​in​ ​a​ ​stanza​ ​in​ ​which​ ​youths​ ​"Full​ ​of​ ​meek
sympathy​ ​must​ ​heave​ ​their​ ​sighs/O'er​ ​Philomela's​ ​pity-pleading​ ​strains."​ ​One​ ​of​ ​these​ ​poems
dedicated​ ​to​ ​(*) Sara Hutchinson details how the speaker's "genial spirits fail" after he had "been gazing
on the western sky". Including "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison" and "The Nightingale", one of them
is dedicated to a poet whom the author of these collaborated with on the collection Lyrical Ballads. For
10 points, identify this group of Coleridge poems including "The Aeolian Harp" and "Frost by
Midnight".
The​ ​speaker​ ​of​ ​one​ ​of​ ​these​ ​poems​ ​notes​ ​that​ '​ Tis​ ​well​ ​to​ ​be​ ​bereft​ ​of​ ​promis'd​ ​good/That
we​ ​may​ ​lift​ ​the​ ​soul"​ ​while​ ​his​ ​friends​ ​"wander​ ​in​ ​gladness".​ ​
conversation poems