Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Epitaph
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.
November 9, 1833,
published 1834
(proofed against E. H. Coleridge's 1927 edition of STC's poems
and a ca. 1898 edition of STC's Poetical Works, ``reprinted
from the early editions'')
To rest of poems
![[UVA Electronic Centers]](/images/ecenters.gif)
![[Electronic Text Center Home]](/images/t.gif)
![[UVA Library]](/images/liblogsm.gif)
![[Coleridge Archive Home]](../Colbanner.gif)
![[Electronic Text Center Home]](../etcsmall.gif)
![[STC Home]](/stc/Coleridge/STCHome.gif)