Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Parties

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Sunrise The sun

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

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English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2.

Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Sleep Universal beliefs

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 5.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5.

Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Vastness of the ocean Ocean and sea Isolation Solitude Loneliness

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 4.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Fear and politics Politics

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Table Talk

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "5 Oct. 1830." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Man and animals

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 7.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 7.

Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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The moon Stars The night sky Astronomy

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 3.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 3.

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Men and women

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Table Talk

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "23 July 1827." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

The moving Moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside-

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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The moon The night sky

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 4.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Value of friendship Nature of friendship Friendship

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Youth and Age

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Youth and Age. c. 1828.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Youth and Age (1823)." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine one countree?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Homecoming Home

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Sailing Discovery Ocean and sea

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2.

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.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Kubla Khan

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Poem

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English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Kubla Khan." Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: John Murray, 1816, I. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Kubla Khan." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The devil False humility Pride

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Devil's Thoughts

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Devil's Thoughts." Morning Post, 6 Sept. 1799, I. 23.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Devil's Thoughts." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Complete Poems, edited by William Keach. Penguin Classics, 1997, I. 23.

All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Power of love Love

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Love (Coleridge)

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Introduction to the Tale of the Dark Ladie." Morning Post, 21 Dec. 1799, I. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Love (1799)." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

Shakespeare...is of no age-nor, I may add, of any religion, or party, or profession. The body and substance of his works came out of the unfathomable depths of his own oceanic mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Shakespeare

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Table Talk

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English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "15 Mar. 1834." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Nature of progress

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Biographia Literaria, edited by Niger Leask. Vol. 1, London: J. M. Dent, 1817, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Biographia Literaria." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 1.

He who begins by loving Christianity, better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Sectarianism Christianity

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Moral and Religious Aphorisms." Aids to Reflection. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1825, aphorism 25.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Moral and Religious Aphorisms." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 9: Aids to Reflection, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2017.

The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions-the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Improvisatore

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Happiness The little things

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Improvisatore

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Improvisatore. c. 1828.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Improvisatore." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Complete Poems, edited by William Keach. Penguin Classics, 1997.

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found the flower in his hand when he awoke-Aye! and what then?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Dreams Heaven

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Anima Poetae

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Hypothetical situations

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Notebook entry. c. 1816.