A wild rose roofs the ruined shed, And that and summer well agree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The form of truth will bear exposure, as well as that of beauty herself. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Farewell, farewell! but this I tell To thee, thou Wedding-Guest! He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
How well he fell asleepl Like some proud river, widening toward the sea; Calmly and grandly, silently and deep, Life joined eternity. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Never yet did there exist a full faith in the Divine Word (by whom light as well as immortality was brought into… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
He knows well the evening star, and once when he awoke, in a most distressful mood (some inward pain had made up… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
In Koln, a town of monks and bones, And pavement fang'd with murderous stones, And rags and hags, and hideous wenches, I… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a… — 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