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Poem
March 31, 1807
The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Poem by Robert Southey titled 'WOMAN!' explores love's transformative power: a warrior blushes and hesitates due to love, while a youth wanders alone, shunning society for his beloved.
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WOMAN!
BY ROBERT SOUTHEY,
Why is the warrior's cheek so red,
Why downward droops his musing head ?
Why that slow step-that faint advance?
That keen, yet quick-retreating glance?
That crested head in war tower'd high;
No backward glance disgrac'd that eye;
No flushing fear that cheek o'erspread,
When stern he strode o'er heaps of dead.
Strange tumult now his bosom moves;
The warrior fears, because he Loves.
Why does the youth delight to rove
Amid the dark and lonely grove ?
Why, in the throng, where all are gay,
His wand'ring eye with meaning fraught,
Sits he alone in silent thought;
Silent he sits;for far away
His passion'd soul delights to stray :
Recluse he roves, and strives to shun
All human kind,because he loves but one.
BY ROBERT SOUTHEY,
Why is the warrior's cheek so red,
Why downward droops his musing head ?
Why that slow step-that faint advance?
That keen, yet quick-retreating glance?
That crested head in war tower'd high;
No backward glance disgrac'd that eye;
No flushing fear that cheek o'erspread,
When stern he strode o'er heaps of dead.
Strange tumult now his bosom moves;
The warrior fears, because he Loves.
Why does the youth delight to rove
Amid the dark and lonely grove ?
Why, in the throng, where all are gay,
His wand'ring eye with meaning fraught,
Sits he alone in silent thought;
Silent he sits;for far away
His passion'd soul delights to stray :
Recluse he roves, and strives to shun
All human kind,because he loves but one.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Song
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Warrior Love
Youth Solitude
Romantic Passion
Robert Southey
What entities or persons were involved?
By Robert Southey,
Poem Details
Title
Woman!
Author
By Robert Southey,
Key Lines
The Warrior Fears, Because He Loves.
Because He Loves But One.