O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease,
Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,
To make the shifting clouds be what you please.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Photo: Lake Wanaka Tree by Darren J. Bennett.

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… Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly

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𝕲𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖊 🔥 (1797)

Poem by Samuel T. Coleridge.
The first mention of vampires in English literature.

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"A snake’s small eye blinks dull and shy /
And the lady’s eyes they shrunk in her head /
Each shrunk up to a serpent’s eye..."

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NEW ARTWORK: AC-181 Xanadu as a playing card J♥️ (and BONUS!).

Xanadu was a medieval Chinese capital, anthemed in S.T. Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan to an almost mythical state.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in 1772. Coleridge persuaded his brother-in-law and fellow poet Robert Southey to move to Keswick in 1803. After meeting Coleridge in 1794, Southey described him as being 'of the strongest genius the clearest judgment & the best heart'.

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[2/3] by chance this poem of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's fits in!! The biggest what if in my mind: what if a certain Fraldarius lived?? Here's a bit of GlennxIngrid with Dream prompt for

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It's What poetry did Dickens read? Explore a new digital resource showing what was in his personal library including Keats (1 vol), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (3 vols), Robert Browning (8 vols), Wordsworth (2 vols) and Coleridge (1 vol) https://t.co/zypusqxvOV

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Famous faces from stage and screen have each read sections of Samuel Taylor The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for a commission by . View an artwork by that accompanied reading https://t.co/Rfwam3unNV

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Water, water, every-hare, and not a drop to drink. (with apologies to Mr. Coleridge). Tomorrow night is the night! Will you be the winner of your favorite work of art? Register and bid today at https://t.co/D99vLEyqya!

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The albatross as a superstitious relic is referenced in Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It is considered unlucky to kill an albatross; in the poem the narrator kills the bird and his fellow sailors force him to wear the dead bird around his neck.

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A brilliant thing is happening. Coleridge's epic poem of hope, horror & vision, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', is being read in daily parts by voices inc. , Tilda Swinton & , each accompanied by artwork & film.
Listen in here: https://t.co/VHXpebr46C

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"And till my ghastly tale is told,
This heart within me burns"
--The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Penny dreadful,The Flying Dutchman -The British Library
Stories of ghost ships have a long tradition, as in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. However, Thomas Peckett Prest’s version of the tale is in a much more populist vein.
https://t.co/kw2CfBB628

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Swiftly,swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too; sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze- On me alone it blew.

Volava la nave, rapida volava, ma pur soavemente: e dolce, dolce spirava la brezza- spirava solo su me.
Coleridge🎨Turner
Buona notte Amiche e Amici

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"Lake Coleridge, New Zealand, June 2016. From u/paul_wilson_images on Reddit

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+ Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly

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“January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.”
-Sara Coleridge, (The Months)

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