The Mind
Fragment: O mercy, O me, miserable man
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
The Mind
O mercy, O me, miserable man!
Slowly my wisdom, and how slowly comes
My Virtue! and how rapidly pass off
My Joys! my Hopes! my Friendships, and my Love!
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Codex Note
1811
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: O mercy, O me, miserable man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/470/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: O mercy, O me, miserable man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/470/.
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