[74:2] First published in the _Morning Chronicle_, December 30, 1794: included in 1796, 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834. A MS. version, dated October 24, 1794 (see _P. W._, 1893, pp. 477, 488), was presented by Coleridge to Professor William Smyth, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1807-49; a second version was included in a letter to Southey, dated December 17, 1794 (_Letters of S. T. C._, 1895, i. 119, 120). LINENOTES: Title] Monologue to a Young Jack Ass in Jesus Piece. Its mother near it chained to a log MS. Oct. 24, 1794: Address to a Young Jack-Ass and its Tether'd mother MS. Dec. 17, 1794: Address, &c. In familiar verse Morning Chronicle, Dec. 30, 1794: Effusion xxxiii. To a Young Ass, &c. 1796. [3] gentle] friendly MS. Dec. 1794, M. C. [4] pat] scratch MS. Oct. 1794, M. C. [5] spirits] spirit MSS. Oct. Dec. 1794, M. C. [6] along] upon MS. Dec. 1794, M. C. [8] That still to earth thy moping head is hung MSS. Oct. Dec. 1794, M. C. [9] Doth thy prophetic soul MS. Oct. 1794. [12] Which] That MSS. Oct. Dec. 1794. [14] shorten'd] lengthen'd MS. Dec. 1794, M. C. [16] within] upon MSS. Oct. Dec. 1794, M. C. [19] thy] her 1796. [21] For much I fear, that He lives e'en as she, 1796. [23] footsteps hither bend] steps toward me tend MS. Oct. 1794: steps towards me bend MS. Dec. 1794, M. C.: footsteps t'ward me bend 1796. [25] despised and forlorn MS. Oct. 1794. [27] would] I'd MSS. Oct. Dec. 1794. in] to MS. Oct. 1794. [28] Of high-soul'd Pantisocracy to dwell MS. Dec. 1794, M. C. [28 foll.] Where high-soul'd Pantisocracy shall dwell! Where Mirth shall tickle Plenty's ribless side,[75:A] And smiles from Beauty's Lip on sunbeams glide, Where Toil shall wed young Health that charming Lass! And use his sleek cows for a looking-glass-- Where Rats shall mess with Terriers hand-in-glove And Mice with Pussy's Whiskers sport in Love MS. Oct. 1794. [75:A] This is a truly poetical line of which the author has assured us that he did not _mean_ it to have any _meaning_. Note by Ed. of MS. Oct. 1794. [35-6] Than Handel's softest airs that soothe to rest The tumult of a scoundrel Monarch's Breast. MS. Oct. 1794. Than _Banti's_ warbled airs that sooth to rest The tumult &c. MS. Dec. 1794. [36] The tumult of some SCOUNDREL Monarch's breast. M. C. 1796. LINES ON A FRIEND[76:1] WHO DIED OF A FRENZY FEVER INDUCED BY CALUMNIOUS REPORTS