Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge joins a series in which Faber and Faber presents eight beautiful editions of classic Romantic poetry.

Provides an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most important poets in our literature.

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

-- Kubla Khan