To Southey

Together, they established a plan to create a community run by the ideas of Pantisocracy, a system that would emphasize agriculture and communal living.

[4] Although Coleridge and Southey continued to spend time together and collaborate on their poetic efforts, their relationship was greatly strained and their ideas for the Pantisocratic government fell apart.

thy melodies steal o'er mine ear Like far-off joyance, or the murmering Of wild bees in the sunny showers of Spring— Sounds of such mingled import as may cheer

The lonely breast, yet rouse a mindful tear: Wak'd by the Song doth Hope-born Fancy fling Rich showers of dewy fragrance from her wing, Till sickly Passion's drooping Myrtles sear

more thrill'd, I prize Thy sadder strains, that bid in Memory's Dream The faded forms of past Delight arise; Then soft, on Love's pale cheek, the tearful gleam

[7] The Sonnets on Eminent Characters contained many poems dedicated to those Coleridge considered his hero from many fields, with Southey ranking amongst them.