The Mind
Fragment: The singing Kettle and the purring Cat
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
The Mind
The singing Kettle and the purring Cat,
The gentle breathing of the cradled Babe,
The silence of the Mother's love-bright eye,
And tender smile answering its smile of Sleep.
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Codex Note
1803
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: The singing Kettle and the purring Cat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/463/.
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