Social Commentaries
L'enfant Prodigue
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Social Commentaries
Jack drinks fine wines, wears modish clothing,
But prithee where lies Jack's estate?
In Algebra for there I found of late
A quantity call'd less than nothing.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “L'enfant Prodigue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/309/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “L'enfant Prodigue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/309/.
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