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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Bristol
Place of death
Bristol
Occupation
teacher
Educated at
Merton College
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Hartley Coleridge 7.jpg
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date of birth
1796-01-01
date of death
1849-01-01
Commons category
Hartley Coleridge
writing language
English language
Sources (3)

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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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