ABSTRACT
This ode, notwithstanding it is affected in some parts, and unintelligible in others, breathes the genuine spirit of poesy. The sentiments of Mr. Coleridge, with regard to public affairs, are already well known. He takes occasion to reprobate and lament the political events of the last year, and to augur very fatal consequences therefrom in the present. Such, however, as may disapprove of his sentiments, will receive considerable delight from his poetry, which is of the first order of merit.
