William Butler Yeats Selected Poems From: “Crossways” (1889) The Indian upon God I passed along the water’s edge below the humid trees, My spirit rocked in evening light, the rushes round my knees, My spirit rocked in sleep and sighs;… Read More ›
English Literature
Dylan Thomas – Selected Poems
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Selected Poems Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which… Read More ›
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (1798)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (1798) This long ballad was published in the ‘Lyrical Ballads’ of 1798 together with poems by Wordsworth. It is divided into seven parts introduced by a short summary of the… Read More ›
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Kubla Khan (1797) (English and Italian) con un commento di Borges
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kubla Khan (1797) Preface of 1816 Kubla Khan was published in 1816, with the following Author’s Preface: “In the summer of the year 1797, the Author, then in ill health, had retired to a lonely farm-house between… Read More ›
