Epigram: Old Harpy Jeers At Castles In The Air

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Title:     Epigram: Old Harpy Jeers At Castles In The Air
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge [More Titles by Coleridge]

Old Harpy jeers at castles in the air,
And thanks his stars, whenever Edmund speaks,
That such a dupe as that is not his heir--
But know, old Harpy! that these fancy freaks,
Though vain and light, as floating gossamer,
Always amuse, and sometimes mend the heart:
A young man's idlest hopes are still his pleasures,
And fetch a higher price in Wisdom's mart
Than all the unenjoying Miser's treasures.

First published in _Morning Post_, Sept. 23, 1802. Included in _P. R._, 1802, ii. 868. Adapted from Wernicke, Bk. VII, No. 40, _An einen Geizhals_.

'Steht's einem Geizhals an auf Aelius zu schmähn
Weil er vergebens hofft auf was nicht kann geschehn?'

[The end]
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem: Epigram: Old Harpy Jeers At Castles In The Air

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