The selfmoment I could pray; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The selfmoment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea.

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About Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets.

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Alternative Names: S. T. Coleridge
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My next shall be a more sober & chastised Epistle — but you see I was in the humour for metaphors — and to tell thee the Truth, I have so often serious reasons to quarrel with my Inclination, that I do not chuse to contradict it for Trifles.
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