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Narrative poem11 quotes
Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine one countree? — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798All 11 quotes →Autobiography and memoir1 quote
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817