The Mind
Fragment: Grant me a Patron, gracious Heaven! whene'er
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Grant me a Patron, gracious Heaven! whene'er
My unwash'd follies call for Penance drear:
But when more hideous guilt this heart infests
Instead of fiery coals upon my Pate,
O let a titled Patron be my Fate;--
That fierce Compendium of Ægyptian Pests!
Right reverend Dean, right honourable Squire,
Lord, Marquis, Earl, Duke, Prince,--or if aught higher,
However proudly nicknamed, he shall be
Anathema Maránatha to me!
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: Grant me a Patron, gracious Heaven! whene'er.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/433/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: Grant me a Patron, gracious Heaven! whene'er.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/433/.
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