Identify the poem in which these lines occur: 'My babe so beautiful! it thrills my heart / With tender gladness, thus to look at thee'.

1. A'A Prayer for My Daughter'
2. B'Frost at Midnight'
3. C'Lucy Gray'
4. D'Ode on Melancholy'

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Correct answer: B. 'Frost at Midnight'

Explanation

Coleridge's conversation poem (1798), addressed to the sleeping infant Hartley. He contrasts his own city schooling with the life in nature he hopes his son will have, taught by the 'Great universal Teacher'.