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PROFUSE KINDNESS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT A SPRING-TIDE OF LOVE TO DEAR FRIENDS IN A SHOAL!
Last Line: HALF OF IT TO ONE WERE WORTH DOUBLE THE WHOLE!
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; KINDNESS;
@3They know not how much more the half is than the whole.@1 -- Hesiod.

What a spring-tide of Love to dear friends in a shoal!
Half of it to one were worth double the whole!


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