Robert Southey was an English poet and part of the romantic school. He served as poet laureate from 1813 until he died in 1843. His legacy is centered around poems like ‘After Blenheim.’ He is also cited as the original author of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.”
‘The Inchcape Rock’ warns of consequences for recklessness at sea. Sir Ralph’s act leads to his own ruin.
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The Ship was still as she could be;
Her sails from heaven received no motion,
Her keel was steady in the ocean.
‘The Complaints of the Poor’ by Robert Southey takes place in a city, likely London, and describes the desperate measures poverty drives people to.
And wherefore do the Poor complain?
The rich man asked of me,—
Come walk abroad with me, I said
And I will answer thee.
Southey’s ‘After Blenheim’ critiques war’s futility through Old Kaspar’s tales to his grandkids, questioning the true cost of victories.
It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
My days among the Dead are past;
Around me I behold,
Where'er these casual eyes are cast,
The mighty minds of old;
‘Poems On The Slave Trade–Sonnet V’ by Robert Southey reveals the mental state of a slave, drenched in agony and flooded with vengeful desires.
Did then the bold Slave rear at last the Sword
Of Vengeance? drench'd he deep its thirsty blade
In the cold bosom of his tyrant lord?
Oh! who shall blame him? thro' the midnight shade
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