Arts & Sciences
Epigram: What is an Epigram? a dwarfish whole
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Arts & Sciences
What is an Epigram? a dwarfish whole,
Its body brevity, and wit its soul.
'Dann lässt die Überschrift kein Leser aus der Acht,
Wenn in der Kürz' ihr Leib, die Seel' in Witz bestehet.'
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: What is an Epigram? a dwarfish whole.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/326/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: What is an Epigram? a dwarfish whole.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/326/.
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