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1772–1834 England
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets.
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And this reft house is that the which he built,
A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud
Dejection: An Ode (1802)
He has no native Passion, because he is not a Thinker — & has probably weakened his Intellect by the haunting Fear of becoming extravagant.
A sadder and a wiser man,
We are bound to assume that the Crown in the exercise of its grace and favour, will be guided solely by constitutional considerations, by regard to merit, loyalty, and public services.
For why drives on that ship so fast,
But metre itself implies a passion, i.e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that of the Reader.
O! lady, we receive but what we give,
The anxiety to be admired is a loveless passion ... , loud on the hustings, gay in the ball-room, mute and sullen at the family fireside.
Aids to Reflection (1825)
His jacket was red and his breeches were blue,
But still the heart doth need a language, still
Wallenstein (1800)
He holds him with his glittering eye—
’Tis a month before the month of May,
Christabel (1797)
Or soar aloft to be the spangled skies
Carved with figures strange and sweet,
Dew-drops are the gems of morning,
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
A lady so richly clad as she,
Christabel (1797)
The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards.
The Reproof and Reply (1823)
Aloof with hermit-eye I scan
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