greykit.poetry — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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1816
[samuel-taylor-coleridge]
Kubla Khan
A poet recalls a vision of the great Khan’s pleasure-dome in Xanadu, and laments the faded trance that would have let him rebuild it in song.
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1802
[samuel-taylor-coleridge]
Dejection: An Ode
Wrestling with creative paralysis and emotional deadness, Coleridge addresses an unnamed Lady, lamenting that joy must come from within the soul before it can be found in nature.
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1798
[samuel-taylor-coleridge]
Frost at Midnight
Alone with his sleeping infant at midnight, Coleridge meditates on frost, childhood memory, and the life of open wonder he wishes for his son.
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1798
[samuel-taylor-coleridge]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A mariner shoots an albatross and is cursed to wander the earth, telling his tale of guilt, penance, and hard-won grace.