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That saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all!

Christabel, I, l. 330

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Her gentle limbs did she undress, And lay down in her loveliness.

Christabel, I, l. 237

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The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can.

Christabel, I, l. 49

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A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 25

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’Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way.

Christabel [1797–1800], pt. I, l. 21

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He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 23

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He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 22

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O Wedding Guest! This soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely ’twas, that God himself Scarce seemèd there to be.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 19

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I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 17

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And the owlet whoops to the wolf below, That eats the she-wolf’s young.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, VII, st. 5

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a seminal figure in English literature, a poet, literary critic, and philosopher who played a crucial role in the development of Romanticism. Born in Ottery St Mary, Devon, in 1772, his poetic work, notably "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan", is celebrated for its vivid imagination and ethereal lyricism. Coleridge was also an influential literary critic, whose ideas on imagination and the relationship between the poet and nature shaped later literary theory. He collaborated with William Wordsworth on the publication "Lyrical Ballads", a landmark of Romanticism. His philosophical and theological reflections, though sometimes obscure, reveal a profound and inquisitive mind. His life was marked by health problems and opium addiction, which affected his productivity and stability. Samuel Taylor Coleridge passed away in 1834, leaving a lasting legacy in poetry and criticism.