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The Poet Proves the Existence of a Soul from His Love for Delia
From The Amatory Sonnets of Abel Shufflebottom - The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Some have denied a soul! THEY NEVER LOVED.
Far from my Delia now by fate removed,
At home, abroad, I view her everywhere:
HER ONLY in the FLOOD OF NOON I see,
My GODDESS-MAID, my OMNIPRESENT FAIR.
FOR LOVE ANNIHILATES THE WORLD TO ME!
And when the weary SOL AROUND HIS BED
CLOSES THE SABLE CURTAINS OF THE NIGHT,
SUN OF MY SLUMBERS, on my dazzled sight
She shines confest. When EVERY SOUND IS DEAD,
The SPIRIT OF HER VOICE comes then to ROLL
The surge of music o'er my wavy brain.
Far, far from her my BODY drags its chain,
But sure with Delia I EXIST A SOUL!
Codex Note
Printed under Southey's name in James Parton's anthology of humorous verse.
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Southey, Robert. “The Poet Proves the Existence of a Soul from His Love for Delia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/southey/73/.
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Southey, Robert. “The Poet Proves the Existence of a Soul from His Love for Delia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/southey/73/.
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