Robert Southey

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each read more

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

While Washington hath left
His awful memory,
A light for after times.

While Washington hath left
His awful memory,
A light for after times.

Now, motionless and dark, eluded search
Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky,
Rose like a shower of read more

Now, motionless and dark, eluded search
Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky,
Rose like a shower of fire.