Social Commentaries
Epigram: In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Social Commentaries
In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes,
The thing called Wine doth come from grapes,
But on the noble River Rhine,
The thing called Gripes doth come from Wine!
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/362/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/362/.
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