The Mind
Fragment: O th' Oppressive, irksome weight
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
The Mind
O th' Oppressive, irksome weight
Felt in an uncertain state:
Comfort, peace, and rest adieu
Should I prove at last untrue!
Self-confiding wretch, I thought
I could love thee as I ought,
Win thee and deserve to feel
All the Love thou canst reveal,
And still I chuse thee, follow still.
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Codex Note
1805
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: O th' Oppressive, irksome weight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/448/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: O th' Oppressive, irksome weight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/448/.
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