Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Born: 10-20-1772
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an influential English poet, critic, and philosopher, renowned for his role in the Romantic Movement. Best known for his poems "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan," Coleridge's work explored themes of imagination and nature. A close collaborator with William Wordsworth, he co-authored the landmark "Lyrical Ballads." Coleridge's profound impact on literature is complemented by his critical writings and lectures.
Book summaries for books written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Quotes
Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.
Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie:
He went like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn:
Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head;
And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root;
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around:
The moving moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide: