Social Commentaries
Spots in the Sun
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Social Commentaries
My father confessor is strict and holy,
Mi Fili, still he cries, peccare noli.
And yet how oft I find the pious man
At Annette's door, the lovely courtesan!
Her soul's deformity the good man wins
And not her charms! he comes to hear her sins!
Good father! I would fain not do thee wrong;
But ah! I fear that they who oft and long
Stand gazing at the sun, to count each spot,
Must sometimes find the sun itself too hot.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Spots in the Sun.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/344/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Spots in the Sun.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/344/.
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