Epigram: An Evil Spirit's On Thee, Friend! Of Late!

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Title:     Epigram: An Evil Spirit's On Thee, Friend! Of Late!
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge [More Titles by Coleridge]

An evil spirit's on thee, friend! of late!
Ev'n from the hour thou cam'st to thy Estate.
Thy mirth all gone, thy kindness, thy discretion,
Th' estate hath prov'd to thee a most complete _possession_.
Shame, shame, old friend! would'st thou be truly best,
Be thy wealth's Lord, not slave! _possessor_ not _possess'd_.

First published in _Morning Post_, Sept. 23, 1802. Included in _P. R._
1802, ii. 317, and _The Friend_, No. 12, Nov. 9, 1809.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem: Epigram: An Evil Spirit's On Thee, Friend! Of Late!

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