The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Instead of the cross, the AlbatrossAbout my neck was hung’When an albatross leads a stricken ship out of treacherous ice, a hapless mariner shoots the bird, arousing the wrath of spirits who pursue the ship. Haunted by Death, the crew begin to perish one by one, until only the cursed mariner remains to confront his guilt. As penance for his actions he is condemned to wander the earth, telling his tale to those he meets as a warning.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s longest major poem and marks the beginning of the romantic movement in British literature. This edition also includes many of Coleridge’s other works, including Kubla Khan, Christabel and a selection of the ‘conversation’ poems.

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER AND OTHER POEMS

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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CONTENTS

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Title Page (#u1f22ebc3-4129-5562-86aa-ffead59d5e82)

Copyright (#u2173fb8e-0243-5015-ab6d-721502cb8dbc)

History of William Collins (#u1672cde1-fcf6-549d-862f-65440bdde298)

Life & Times (#ucfaf54d5-a2af-5451-aa29-585468e9c2ae)

Part 1: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan (#ubf49140c-4061-543f-963b-5b8c78188ee1)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (#uc37da538-16b7-5911-9559-12b57bb3d88f)

Christabel (#u4e9aa886-92be-50db-af2b-71552290150a)

Kubla Khan (#litres_trial_promo)

Part 2: Conversation Poems (#litres_trial_promo)

The Eolian Harp (#litres_trial_promo)

Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement (#litres_trial_promo)

This Lime-tree Bower My Prison (#litres_trial_promo)

Frost at Midnight (#litres_trial_promo)

Fears in Solitude (#litres_trial_promo)

The Nightingale (#litres_trial_promo)

Dejection: An Ode (#litres_trial_promo)

To William Wordsworth (#litres_trial_promo)

Part 3: Other Poems 1787–1833 (#litres_trial_promo)

Easter Holidays (#litres_trial_promo)

Sonnet to the Autumnal Moon (#litres_trial_promo)

To the Muse (#litres_trial_promo)

To the Evening Star (#litres_trial_promo)

To Disappointment (#litres_trial_promo)

The Rose (#litres_trial_promo)

The Hour When We Shall Meet Again (#litres_trial_promo)

The Raven (#litres_trial_promo)

A Christmas Carol (#litres_trial_promo)