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Hartley Coleridge

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British poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher (1796-1849)

Person · Open Library

Born
1796
Died
1849
Works
23

Top works

  • The dramatic works of Massinger and Ford
  • Poems
  • Essays
  • Poems by Hartley Coleridge
  • Lives of northern worthies

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1796
Active to
1849

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
15

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Quotes

  • On this hapless earth There ’s small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart.
  • She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me: Oh! then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light.
  • Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.
  • Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our silver feet acquainting With the verdure-vested ground; Now like swallows o'er a river Gliding low with quivering pinion, Now aloft in ether sailing "Leisurely as summer cloud;" Rising now, anon descending, Swift and bright as shooting stars, Thus we travel glad and free.
  • Sweet were change, If but a change of tortures! But to grow A motionless rock, fast as my strong prison, Age after age, till circling suns outnumber The sands upon the tide-worn beach! No hope, Or that sad mockery of hope that fools With dull despair, spanning the infinite! Torment unmeasurable!
  • Never till this day Did life disturb the dense eternity Of joyless quiet; never skylark's song, Or storm-bird's prescient scream, or eaglet's cry, Made vital the gross fog. The very light Is but an alien that can find no welcome

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Works in European collections

6 objects attributed to Hartley Coleridge, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 6 languages

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