Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834The quotations of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English poet, literary critic and philosopher
1772–1834
31 quotes, most often on Nature, Love and Truth & Lies.
- The Friend (1809–1810), No. 6 (September 21, 1809), p. 91
So for the mother’s sake the child was dear,
And dearer was the mother for the child.“Sonnet to a Friend Who Asked How I Felt When the Nurse First Presented My Infant to Me” (1797)





