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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Psyche
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011100
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – The Complete Poems
Psyche
The butterfly the ancient Grecians made
The soul's fair emblem, and its only name -
But of the soul, escaped from slavish trade
Of mortal life! For in this earthly frame
Ours is the reptile's lot, much toil, much blame
Manifold motions making little speed
And to deform and kill the things, whereon we feed