Swans sing before they die—'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

About Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with...

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The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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The happiness of life… is made up of minute fractions—the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment.

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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 nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

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Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.