5 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes on Music

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quotes on music

9. In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column; In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

38. The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.

71. No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart.

82. The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves.

84. A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! those caves of ice! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.