His Books by Robert Southey
Southey read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------------\n\nHis Books\nby Robert Southey (1774 \u2013 1843)\n\nMy days among the Dead are past;\n Around me I behold,\nWhere'er these casual eyes are cast,\n The mighty minds of old:\nMy never-failing friends are they,\nWith whom I converse day by day.\nWith them I take delight in weal\n And seek relief in woe;\nAnd while I understand and feel\n How much to them I owe,\nMy cheeks have often been bedew'd\nWith tears of thoughtful gratitude.\n\nMy thoughts are with the Dead; with them\n I live in long-past years,\nTheir virtues love, their faults condemn,\n Partake their hopes and fears;\nAnd from their lessons seek and find\nInstruction with an humble mind.\n\nMy hopes are with the Dead; anon\n My place with them will be,\nAnd I with them shall travel on\n Through all Futurity;\nYet leaving here a name, I trust,\nThat will not perish in the dust.