Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or
no
No question was asked me--it could
not be so !
If the life was the question, a thing sent
to try
And to live on be YES; what can NO
be ? to die.
NATURE'S ANSWER
Is't returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no
worse for the wear ?
Think first, what you ARE ! Call to mind
what you WERE !
I gave you innocence, I gave you hope,
Gave health, and genius, and an ample
scope,
Return you me guilt, lethargy, despair ?
Make out the invent'ry ; inspect,
compare !
Then die--if die you dare !
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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