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To Pitt
"To Pitt" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 26 December 1794 ''Morning Chronicle'' as part of the ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' series. Describing William Pitt the Younger and his role as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the poem is one of the few in the series that is not about a hero of Coleridge. Instead, Pitt is described as Judas, the betrayer of Christ, because of, among other issues, his treatment of political dissidents. ==Background== During the end of 1794, Coleridge began work on the series ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' which he dedicated to people he respected. The first, "To Erskine", was printed on 1 December in the ''Morning Chronicle'', and was followed by 10 further sonnets. "To Pitt", printed on 23 December, was the sixth in the series and was Coleridge's attempt to write a poem contrary in nature to the earlier poems. It was reprinted with a small revision in his magazine ''The Watchman'' on 2 April 1796 and included in Coleridge's 1796 collection of poems,〔Mays 2001 pp. 155, 160–161〕 under the name "Effusion 3, to Mercy". This edition was soon reprinted in ''The Universal Magazine'' for the October 1796 edition.〔Mays 2001 II p. 213〕 In May 1794, Pitt suspended Habeas Corpus in response to allegations that both the London Constitutional Society and the London Corresponding Society were plotting against the government. This crack down on opposition to his Prime Ministry was followed by 1794 Treason Trials, which charged political dissidents with treason. Coleridge witnessed the trials and was affected to the point that he wrote "To Erskine", the first of the ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'', about Thomas Erskine's defense of the accused. Although Coleridge was an opponent of Pitt's at the time of writing the sonnet "To Pitt", he was to later change his mind about politics and Pitt's government.〔Ashton 1997 pp. 53, 156, 209〕 Coleridge changed his mind about the content of "To Pitt", but still included the poem in his 1803 edition of works under the probable advisement by his friend Charles Lamb. Later, he revised the poem again for an 1828 collection and it kept that form in the two collections that followed in 1829 and 1834.〔Mays 2001 pp. 160–161〕
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