The Mind
Fragment: 'Twas sweet to know it only possible
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
The Mind
'Twas sweet to know it only possible--
Some wishes cross'd my mind and dimly cheer'd it--
And one or two poor melancholy Pleasures--
In these, the pale unwarming light of Hope
Silv'ring their flimsy wing, flew silent by,
Moths in the Moonlight.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: 'Twas sweet to know it only possible.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/418/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: 'Twas sweet to know it only possible.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/418/.
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