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  • on The Cataract of Lodore by Robert Southey, on May 30, 2005
    I'm sure Southey had fun writing this and his children (or grandchildren?) enjoyed hearing him recite it. You did a great job in transcribing it for the site, but I found two typos:
    1. There is no "extra line" or "double line break" between lines 53 and 54.
    2. The last word in line 54 should be "waging" not "raging"

  • on The Unnamed Lake by Frederick George Scott, on May 30, 2005
    The next error is an omission right after the previous post. There is a line missing immediately before " Disturb it night or day,
    The sun and shadow, moon and star
    Pass and repass for aye. "
    The missing line is:
    No echoes of the world afar

  • on The Unnamed Lake by Frederick George Scott, on May 30, 2005
    Note: There are a couple of errors. Where you have printed " The pinks of ageless stone,
    Her winds have thundered from of old -
    And storms have set their throne. "
    It should be rendered:
    Sunrise and sunset crown with gold
    The peaks of ageless stone,
    Where winds have thundered from of old
    And storms have set their throne.

  • on So We'll Go No More A-Roving by Lord George Gordon Byron, on May 26, 2005
    I ran across this poem while preparing a web page of children's poems. Whoa! How powerful, and humbling. I'm middle-aged and married, and I think this poem tells me I need to "get back in the saddle" with my wife. And I must re-kindle some of the magic that can exist in the night. This poem is a wake-up call to those who have descended into boredom and familiarity. Bring back the excitement of the night!