Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each.

Includes index.

"Answer to a Child's Questions" -- From "Songs of the Pixies" -- From "Frost at Midnight" -- From "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison" -- "Kubla Khan: Or, A Vision in a Dream" -- From "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" -- "The Knight's Tomb" -- Song from "Zapolya" -- From "Christabel" -- "Phantom" -- "Reason for Love's Blindness" -- From "Limbo" -- From "The Wanderings of Cain" -- "Time, Real and Imaginary" -- From "The Nightingale" -- "Fancy in Nubibus" -- "Something Childish, but Very Natural" -- "Sonnet to the River Otter."