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. Samuel Taylor Coleridge accuratelyactborrow share on social
A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive. Samuel Taylor Coleridge aliveholymother Change image and share on social
The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. Samuel Taylor Coleridge blinddeafhappy Change image and share on social
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. Samuel Taylor Coleridge beautifuldiscoverexceed Change image and share on social
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge cleverdefinitionhomely Change image and share on social
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father. Samuel Taylor Coleridge fatherheartheavenly Change image and share on social
As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life. Samuel Taylor Coleridge dreamlifelive Change image and share on social
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure. Samuel Taylor Coleridge beginendfailure Change image and share on social
And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were. Samuel Taylor Coleridge airburndim Change image and share on social
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. Samuel Taylor Coleridge baddieperson Change image and share on social
