Nature
Fragment: If fair by Nature
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Nature
If fair by Nature
She honours the fair Boon with fair adorning,
And graces that bespeak a gracious breeding,
Can gracious Nature lessen Nature's Graces?
If taught by both she betters both and honours
Fair gifts with fair adorning, know you not
There is a beauty that resides within;--
A fine and delicate spirit of womanhood
Of inward birth?--
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: If fair by Nature.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/494/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: If fair by Nature.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/494/.
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