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.
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There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided 1. That dear old soul2.
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Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
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The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poetry the best words in the best order.
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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.
Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.
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Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.
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