History & Politics
The Poetry of Southey
From Poems — Volume 1
History & Politics
KEEN as an eagle whose flight towards the dim empyréan
Fearless of toil or fatigue ever royally wends!
Vast in the cloud-coloured robes of the balm-breathing Orient
Lo! the grand Epic advances, unfolding the humanest truth.
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Meredith, George. “The Poetry of Southey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/6/.
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Meredith, George. “The Poetry of Southey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/6/.
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