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The Complete Poems
Endowed with a surfeit of imagination and creativity, Coleridge endlessly revised his poetry, changing passages, adding new lines, and even writing several variations of the same poem. Faced with the challenge of putting together an authoritative collection, William Keach presents the final texts of all the poems published during Coleridge's lifetime and a substantial sele...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 656 pages
Published
October 1st 1997
by Penguin Books
(first published 1868)
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I feel like a hypocrite adding this, since its a collected edition and I'm only really a fan of a few of his poems.
The thing is, the few I'm a fan of are some of the best poems I've ever read. 'Rime', 'Aeolian Harp', 'Frost At Midnight'....
He could barely contain the imagination he held so close in some of these masterpieces. Read him at his best and you won't be dissapointed.
He used to walk fervently up the street, conversation companion in tow, tal...more
Then is she tenfold gladder than before !
But should disease or chance the darling take,
What then avail those songs, which sweet of yore
Were only sweet for their sweet echo's sake ?
Dear maid ! no prattler at a mother's knee
Was e'er so dearly prized as I prize thee :
Why was I made for Love and Love denied to me ?
I'm such a sucker for diary and journal-ish writing, I really loved this edition for the plethora of notes and introductions written by Coleridge himself. He seems so humble and so amused by his popularity. It's a dense volume, and I did take a break partway through, but his writing is really flawless. These days he seems less known for his play-writing, but they are really good reads. If you like Webster, I recommend "Remorse" (omg, so ridiculous, so good). If you like Shakepseare's h...more
If you're looking up Coleridge, I needn't recite The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for you. Instead I'll tell you what a nice little edition this is. Smallish, attractive, good paper, looks pretty lying on your nightstand. It fits perfectly in your purse too. Handy when you're stuck in traffic and need a poetry fix.
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware ! Beware !
His flashing eyes, his floating hair !
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
--excerpt from Kubla Khan
Enough said.
And all should cry, Beware ! Beware !
His flashing eyes, his floating hair !
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
--excerpt from Kubla Khan
Enough said.
It's like peanut butter: I bet most fans of chunky (myself included) would take coleridge over that creamy wimp wordsworth any day. At the end of the day it's still going to stick to the roof of your mouth, but somehow being able to really put your teeth into it makes all the difference.
I love Coleridge. But you haven't heard "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" until you've heard Iron Maiden's song . . .
YES I HAVE READ ALL OF THEM I EVEN CITED "CRISTOBEL" IN A PAPER ABOUT LESBIAN VAMPIRES IN SEVENTIES FRENCH CINEMA
Took me near two years to finish. Just too much Coleridge for me. Should have read a "selected" edition.
Penguin, not Coleridge, is the problem.
Worthwhile mostly for Kubla Khan and the Mariner
excellent compilation
Janna
marked it as read-too-long-ago-to-rate
Richard Corey (HMSH)
marked it as to-read
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge 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. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.
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“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.”
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A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.”
“What if you slept?
And what if, in your sleep,
you dreamed?
And what if,
in your dream,
you went to heaven
and there
plucked a strange and beautiful flower?
And what if,
when you awoke,
you had the flower
in your hand?
Ah, what then?”
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And what if, in your sleep,
you dreamed?
And what if,
in your dream,
you went to heaven
and there
plucked a strange and beautiful flower?
And what if,
when you awoke,
you had the flower
in your hand?
Ah, what then?”
