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She spake and lo celestial radiance beam'd	A
Amid the air such odors wafting now	B
As erst came blended with the evening gale	C
From Eden's bowers of bliss An angel form	D
Stood by the Maid his wings etherial white	E
Flash'd like the diamond in the noon tide sun	F
Dazzling her mortal eye all else appear'd	G
Her THEODORE	H
Amazed she saw the Fiend	I
Was fled and on her ear the well known voice	J
Sounded tho' now more musically sweet	K
Than ever yet had thrill'd her charmed soul	L
When eloquent Affection fondly told	M
The day dreams of delight	E
'Beloved Maid	N
Lo I am with thee still thy Theodore	H
Hearts in the holy bands of Love combin'd	O
Death has no power to sever Thou art mine	P
A little while and thou shalt dwell with me	Q
In scenes where Sorrow is not Cheerily	L
Tread thou the path that leads thee to the grave	R
Rough tho' it be and painful for the grave	R
Is but the threshold of Eternity	Q
	-
Favour'd of Heaven to thee is given to view	S
These secret realms The bottom of the abyss	T
Thou treadest Maiden Here the dungeons are	U
Where bad men learn repentance souls diseased	V
Must have their remedy and where disease	W
Is rooted deep the remedy is long	X
Perforce and painful '	-
Thus the Spirit spake	Y
And led the Maid along a narrow path	Z
Dark gleaming to the light of far off flames	A2
More dread than darkness Soon the distant sound	B2
Of clanking anvils and the lengthened breath	C2
Provoking fire are heard and now they reach	D2
A wide expanded den where all around	B2
Tremendous furnaces with hellish blaze	E2
Flamed dreadful At the heaving bellows stood	F2
The meagre form of Care and as he blew	S
To augment the fire the fire augmented scorch'd	G2
His wretched limbs sleepless for ever thus	H2
He toil'd and toil'd of toil to reap no end	I2
But endless toil and never ending woe	J2
	-
An aged man went round the infernal vault	K2
Urging his workmen to their ceaseless task	L2
White were his locks as is the wintry snow	J2
On hoar Plinlimmon's head A golden staff	M2
His steps supported powerful talisman	F
Which whoso feels shall never feel again	N2
The tear of Pity or the throb of Love	O2
Touch'd but by this the massy gates give way	P2
The buttress trembles and the guarded wall	L
Guarded in vain submits Him heathens erst	K2
Had deified and bowed the suppliant knee	Q
To Plutus Nor are now his votaries few	S
Tho' he the Blessed Teacher of mankind	K2
Hath said that easier thro' the needle's eye	Q2
Shall the huge camel pass than the rich man	R2
Enter the gates of heaven 'Ye cannot serve	S2
Your God and worship Mammon '	-
'Missioned Maid '	-
So spake the Angel 'know that these whose hands	T2
Round each white furnace ply the unceasing toil	L
Were Mammon's slaves on earth They did not spare	U2
To wring from Poverty the hard earn'd mite	K2
They robb'd the orphan's pittance they could see	Q
Want's asking eye unmoved and therefore these	W
Ranged round the furnace still must persevere	V2
In Mammon's service scorched by these fierce fires	W2
And frequent deluged by the o'erboiling ore	H
Yet still so framed that oft to quench their thirst	K2
Unquenchable large draughts of molten gold	K2
They drink insatiate still with pain renewed	K2
Pain to destroy '	-
So saying her he led	K2
Forth from the dreadful cavern to a cell	L
Brilliant with gem born light The rugged walls	X2
Part gleam'd with gold and part with silver ore	H
A milder radiance shone The Carbuncle	L
There its strong lustre like the flamy sun	F
Shot forth irradiate from the earth beneath	Y2
And from the roof a diamond light emits	Z2
Rubies and amethysts their glows commix'd	K2
With the gay topaz and the softer ray	P2
Shot from the sapphire and the emerald's hue	S
And bright pyropus	Z2
There on golden seats	Z2
A numerous sullen melancholy train	A3
Sat silent 'Maiden these ' said Theodore	H
Are they who let the love of wealth absorb	B3
All other passions in their souls that vice	Z2
Struck deeply rooted like the poison tree	Q
That with its shade spreads barrenness around	K2
These Maid were men by no atrocious crime	C3
Blacken'd no fraud nor ruffian violence	Z2
Men of fair dealing and respectable	L
On earth but such as only for themselves	Z2
Heap'd up their treasures deeming all their wealth	D3
Their own and given to them by partial Heaven	F
To bless them only therefore here they sit	K2
Possessed of gold enough and by no pain	A3
Tormented save the knowledge of the bliss	Z2
They lost and vain repentance Here they dwell	L
Loathing these useless treasures till the hour	E3
Of general restitution '	-
Thence they past	K2
And now arrived at such a gorgeous dome	F3
As even the pomp of Eastern opulence	Z2
Could never equal wandered thro' its halls	Z2
A numerous train some with the red swoln eye	Q2
Of riot and intemperance bloated cheek	G3
Some pale and nerveless and with feeble step	H3
And eyes lack lustre	E3
Maiden said her guide	K2
These are the wretched slaves of Appetite	K2
Curst with their wish enjoyed The epicure	I3
Here pampers his foul frame till the pall'd sense	Z2
Loaths at the banquet the voluptuous here	J3
Plunge in the tempting torrent of delight	K2
And sink in misery All they wish'd on earth	K3
Possessing here whom have they to accuse	Z2
But their own folly for the lot they chose	Z2
Yet for that these injured themselves alone	L3
They to the house of PENITENCE may hie	S
And by a long and painful regimen	F
To wearied Nature her exhausted powers	Z2
Restore till they shall learn to form the wish	M3
Of wisdom and ALMIGHTY GOODNESS grants	Z2
That prize to him who seeks it '	-
Whilst he spake	Y
The board is spread With bloated paunch and eye	Q2
Fat swoln and legs whose monstrous size disgraced	K2
The human form divine their caterer	E3
Hight GLUTTONY set forth the smoaking feast	K2
And by his side came on a brother form	D
With fiery cheek of purple hue and red	K2
And scurfy white mix'd motley his gross bulk	N3
Like some huge hogshead shapen'd as applied	K2
Him had antiquity with mystic rites	Z2
Ador'd to him the sons of Greece and thine	P
Imperial Rome on many an altar pour'd	K2
The victim blood with godlike titles graced	K2
BACCHUS or DIONUSUS son of JOVE	S2
Deem'd falsely for from FOLLY'S ideot form	D
He sprung what time MADNESS with furious hand	K2
Seiz'd on the laughing female At one birth	K3
She brought the brethren menial here above	S2
Reigning with sway supreme and oft they hold	K2
High revels mid the Monastery's gloom	O3
The sacrifice is spread when the grave voice	Z2
Episcopal proclaims approaching day	P2
Of visitation or Churchwardens meet	K2
To save the wretched many from the gripe	P3
Of eager Poverty or mid thy halls	Z2
Of London mighty Mayor rich Aldermen	Q3
Of coming feast hold converse	Z2
Otherwhere	E3
For tho' allied in nature as in blood	K2
They hold divided sway his brother lifts	Z2
His spungy sceptre In the noble domes	Z2
Of Princes and state wearied Ministers	Z2
Maddening he reigns and when the affrighted mind	K2
Casts o'er a long career of guilt and blood	K2
Its eye reluctant then his aid is sought	K2
To lull the worm of Conscience to repose	Z2
He too the halls of country Squires frequents	Z2
But chiefly loves the learned gloom that shades	Z2
Thy offspring Rhedycina and thy walls	Z2
Granta nightly libations there to him	R3
Profuse are pour'd till from the dizzy brain	A3
Triangles Circles Parallelograms	Z2
Moods Tenses Dialects and Demigods	Z2
And Logic and Theology are swept	K2
By the red deluge	S3
Unmolested there	E3
He reigns till comes at length the general feast	K2
Septennial sacrifice then when the sons	Z2
Of England meet with watchful care to chuse	Z2
Their delegates wise independent men	N2
Unbribing and unbrib'd and cull'd to guard	K2
Their rights and charters from the encroaching grasp	T3
Of greedy Power then all the joyful land	K2
Join in his sacrifices so inspir'd	K2
To make the important choice	Z2
The observing Maid	K2
Address'd her guide 'These Theodore thou sayest	K2
Are men who pampering their foul appetites	Z2
Injured themselves alone But where are they	P2
The worst of villains viper like who coil	L
Around the guileless female so to sting	U3
The heart that lo	L

Robert Southey

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