Social Commentaries
To a Proud Parent
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Social Commentaries
Thy babes ne'er greet thee with the father's name;
'My Lud!' they lisp. Now whence can this arise?
Perhaps their mother feels an honest shame
And will not teach her infant to tell lies.
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Codex Note
Adapted by Coleridge from Lessing's Sinngedicht
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “To a Proud Parent.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/315/.
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