A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Tho' veiled in spires of myrtle wreath, Love is a sword that cuts its sheath, And thro' the clefts, itself has made,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty That had their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The Power, the Beauty, and the Majesty That had their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
But metre itself implies a passion , i.e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense, at all events, just as a palace is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“In poems, equally as in philosophic disquisitions, genius produces the strongest impressions of novelty while it rescues the most admitted truths from… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“To be loved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science. Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to meter. The proper… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“And in Life's noisiest hour, There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee, The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Since then, at an uncertain hour, That agony returns: And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Never can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I do not wish you to act from these truths; no, still and always act from your feelings; only meditate often on these truths… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes, I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati, grounded on… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Life went a-maying With Nature, Hope, and Poesy, When I was young! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
