Social Commentaries

Epigram: Nothing speaks our mind so well

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772–1834

From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)

Social Commentaries

Nothing speaks our mind so well
As to speak Nothing. Come then, tell
Thy Mind in Tears, whoe'er thou be
That ow'st a name to Misery:
None can fluency deny
To Tears, the Language of the Eye.

MLA

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: Nothing speaks our mind so well.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/364/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: Nothing speaks our mind so well.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/364/.

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