Eclogue. 'On Unworthy Wisdom'

So reclused Hermits oftentimes do know More of Heaven's glory than a worldly can: As Man is of the World, the Heart of Man Is an Epitome of God's great Book Of Creatures, and Men need no further look.

These lines are quoted by Coleridge in The Friend, 1818, i. 192; 1850, i. 147. The first two lines run thus:

The recluse Hermit oft' times more doth know Of the world's inmost wheels, than worldlings can, &c.

The alteration was first pointed out in an edition of The Friend issued by H. N. Coleridge in 1837.

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