...Edward the Third, than the clouds and tempests which darkened the horizon of his unhappy grandson : Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...goes, Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey....

...allusion to the parable of the prodigal—• ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, \Vhile, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim...goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; That hnsh'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway,...

...among the dead. The swarm, that in thy noon-tide beam were born ? Gone to salute the rising morn. Fair1 laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...goes ; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm : I S«e the Norwegian Ode, that follows. v Edward the Second, cruelly butchered in Berkley Castle....

...magnificence and splendor which ushered in his reign. — * ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zepbyr blows. While proudly riding o'er the azure realm,...goes ; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.'...

...and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and bcggar'd by the strumpet wind!" to the imitation in the Bard : " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and Pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim...

...fled ? " Thy son is gone. He rests among the dead. " The swarm that in thy noontide beam were bora ? " In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; '' Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm ; "Regardless of the sweeping whirlwinds sway, " That, hushed in grim repose expects his evening prey....

...rests among the dead. The swarm, that in the noon-tide beam were born, Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, While...goes ; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening-prey....

...rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet windl (Merch. of Ven. Act II. »c. 6.) to the imitation in the Bard; Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim...

...and beggar'd by the strumpet wind !" (Merch. of Ven., Act II, sec. 6.) may be compared with Gray's "Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in...

...appropriately absent. The conventional language attains a certain splendour in the familiar passage: Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows While...goes Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Coleridge took exception to the concluding line on the grounds that it depended 'wholly on the compositors...