Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,Reality's dark dream!I…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,Reality's dark dream!I turn from you, and listen to the wind,Which long has raved unnoticed. ✨ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1854). The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions, p.193
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