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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON HIMSELF, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stop, christian passer-by! Stop, child of god Last Line: He ask'd, and hoped, through christ, do thou the same! Variant Title(s): Coleridge's Epitaph For Himself, Written 9 November 1833 Subject(s): Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834); Epitaphs; Poetry & Poets | |||
Stop, Christian passer-by! -- Stop, child of God, And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sod A poet lies, or that which once seem'd he. O, lift one thought in prayer for S. T. C.; That he who many a year with toil of breath Found death in life, may here find life in death! Mercy for praise -- to be forgiven for fame He ask'd, and hoped, through Christ, Do thou the same! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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