by Coleridge · Cluster: Satire of Society · Epigram · Satire
Abstract
Epigrammatic complaint that the good and great man rarely gains honour or wealth he merits. Theme of worldly injustice versus inner worth.
Connections
Themes & Concepts: Common Man, Satire of Society, Humility, Truth Forms & Genres: Epigram
Testo integrale / Full text
‘How seldom, friend! a good great man inherits
Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains!
It sounds like stories from the land of spirits
If any man obtain that which he merits
Or any merit that which he obtains.’ 5