To Susan Steele On Receiving The Purse

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Title:     To Susan Steele On Receiving The Purse
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge [More Titles by Coleridge]

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My dearest Dawtie!
That's never naughty--
When the Mare was stolen, and not before,
The wise man got a stable-door:
And he and I are brother Ninnies,
One Beast _he_ lost and I two guineas;
And as sure as it's wet when it above rains,
The man's brains and mine both alike had thick coverings,
For if he lost one mare, poor I lost two sovereigns!
A cash-pouch I have got, but no cash to put in it,
Tho' there's gold in the world and Sir Walter can win it:
For your sake I'll keep it for better or worse,
So here is a dear loving kiss for your purse.

S. T. COLERIDGE.

1829

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem: To Susan Steele On Receiving The Purse

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