Arts & Sciences
On Imitation
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Arts & Sciences
All are not born to soar--and ah! how few
In tracks where Wisdom leads their paths pursue!
Contagious when to wit or wealth allied,
Folly and Vice diffuse their venom wide.
On Folly every fool his talent tries;
It asks some toil to imitate the wise;
Tho' few like Fox can speak--like Pitt can think--
Yet all like Fox can game--like Pitt can drink.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “On Imitation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/112/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “On Imitation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/112/.
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