by Coleridge · Cluster: Satire of Society · Epigram · Satire
Abstract
A literary-satirical epigram mocking a prolific but forgettable versifier who writes faster than printers can set.
Connections
Motifs: Letters and Writing Themes & Concepts: Literary Criticism (2), Satire of Society, Vanity Forms & Genres: Epigram
Testo integrale / Full text
Jem writes his verses with more speed
Than the printer’s boy can set ‘em;
Quite as fast as we can read,
And only not so fast as we forget ‘em.
First published in Morning Post, Sept. 23, 1799. Included in An.
Anth., 1800; Essays, &c., 1850, iii. 974. First collected P. and D.
W., 1877, ii. 164.