Here are some of the finest narrative poems in the English language, dating from an age of rich inspiration: the nineteenth century. All tell powerful stories of human passion and endeavour, often reflected in vivid evocations of the medieval world. Includes ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ Le Morte d’Arthur and ‘Peter Grimes’

Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic Age

The Tyger… I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud… Ode to the West Wind… The Rime of the Ancient Mariner… Ode to a Nightingale… We’ll go no more a-roving… The Peasant Poet ‘All good poetry,’ wrote Wordsworth, ‘is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’ and this was to be one of the hallmarks of the Romantic poets. With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than forty poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.

Great Poets of the Romantic Age

Step aboard the ship of imagination with 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Unabridged Version)', Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic tale of sin, penance, and the awe-inspiring power of the natural world. This audiobook rendition perfectly encapsulates the haunting beauty of Coleridge's masterpiece, making it an unmissable auditory experience. Delivered in a crisp, clear voice that captures the rhythmic beauty of Coleridge's original verse, this audiobook stays loyal to the timeless text, bringing each poignant line and dramatic scene to life. As the ancient mariner recounts his chilling tale of an ill-fated sea voyage, listeners will be drawn into a world of mariners, albatrosses, ghostly specters, and the relentless sea. Perfect for both lovers of classic poetry and those new to Coleridge's work, this audiobook offers a captivating way to experience one of the most influential poems in English literature. So, whether you're revisiting this iconic tale or hearing it for the first time, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Unabridged Version)' will leave you spellbound by its evocative power and lyrical charm.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Unabridged Version)

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The wedding-guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience to fear to fascination as the mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style: Coleridge uses narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create a sense of danger, the supernatural, or serenity, depending on the mood in different parts of the poem. The author Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, the battlefield, and the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Themes of war, love, nature, sexuality, and much more are played out in these timeless readings of poetry from the 19th and 20th century. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Richard Burton; William Squire; Richard Marquand; Peggy Ashcroft; Margaretta Scott; Tony Church; Derek Godfrey; Patrick Garland; Gary Watson; Margaretta Scott; and Janette Richer; Gwen Watford; and David King. This collection includes poems from: • William Wordsworth • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • William Blake • Thomas Hardy • WB Yeats • Robert Browning • Lord Alfred Tennyson • Christina Rossetti • Lord Byron • Wilfred Owen • Siegfried Sassoon • Percy Bysshe Shelley • John Keats • Gerard Manley Hopkins • Dante Gabriel Rossetti • Ted Hughes

Argo Classics

The Ultimate Poetry Collection

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Love, romance, and portrayals of nature are played out in these timeless readings of poetry written during the Romantic period. Performed by Richard Burton; Peter Orr; William Squire; Richard Marquand; Peggy Ashcroft; Margaretta Scott; Tony Church; Derek Godfrey; Patrick Garland; Gary Watson; Margaretta Scott; and Janette Richer. This collection includes poems from: • William Wordsworth • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • William Blake • Lord Byron • Percy Bysshe Shelley • John Keats

The Treasury of Romantic Poetry

The longest major poem by renowned English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tells of a wedding guest who is intercepted on his way to the ceremony by an old mariner. The mariner engages the guest with an incredible tale of a fateful sea journey, the story of which he is compelled to relate.

The aim and purport of this edition of the Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to provide the general reader with an authoritative list of the poems and dramas hitherto published, and at the same time to furnish the student with an exhaustive summary of various readings derived from published and unpublished sources, viz. (1) the successive editions issued by the author, (2) holograph MSS., or (3) contemporary transcriptions. Occasion has been taken to include in the Text and Appendices a considerable number of poems, fragments, metrical experiments and first drafts of poems now published for the first time from MSS. in the British Museum, from Coleridge's Notebooks, and from MSS. in the possession of private collectors. The text of the poems and dramas follows that of the last edition of the Poetical Works published in the author's lifetime—the three-volume edition issued by Pickering in the spring and summer of 1834. I have adopted the text of 1834 in preference to that of 1829, which was selected by James Dykes Campbell for his monumental edition of 1893. I should have deferred to his authority but for the existence of conclusive proof that, here and there, Coleridge altered and emended the text of 1829, with a view to the forthcoming edition of 1834. In the Preface to the 'new edition' of 1852, the editors maintain that the three-volume edition of 1828 (a mistake for 1829) was the last upon which Coleridge was 'able to bestow personal care and attention', while that of 1834 was 'arranged mainly if not entirely at the discretion of his latest editor, H. N. Coleridge'. This, no doubt, was perfectly true with regard to the choice and arrangement of the poems, and the labour of seeing the three volumes through the press; but the fact remains that the text of 1829 differs from that of 1834, and that Coleridge himself, and not his 'latest editor', was responsible for that difference.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets; and he wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including suspension of disbelief. He was a major influence on Emerson and American transcendentalism. Throughout his adult life Coleridge had crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he had bipolar disorder, which had not been defined during his lifetime. He was physically unhealthy, which may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem about a sailor who shot an albatross and the woe that followed him afterwards. Narrated by professional voice actor Jake Phillips, host of The Cultured Bumpkin literature podcast.

The Cultured Bumpkin Presents: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Dopo l'uccisione di un albatro da parte di uno sprovveduto marinaio, una terribile maledizione si abbatte su una nave e il suo equipaggio che si troverà così ad affrontare un mare tenebroso e irto di insidie... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Ottery St Mary, 21 ottobre 1772 - Highgate, 25 luglio 1834) è stato un poeta, critico letterario e filosofo inglese. È considerato insieme all'amico e poeta William Wordsworth tra i fondatori del Romanticismo inglese, in particolare per la cura e la pubblicazione, nel 1798, del volume Ballate liriche (Lyrical Ballads). Tra le sue opere più celebri si ricordano il poema narrativo La ballata del vecchio marinaio (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner), e l'opera in prosa Biographia Literaria.

La Ballata del Vecchio Marinaio

Cura e traduzione di Tommaso Pisanti Edizioni integrali con testo inglese a fronte Se le Lyrical Ballads sono considerate il manifesto del romanticismo inglese, La ballata del vecchio marinaio, con cui esse si aprono, ne è la tessera più emblematica e celebre. Riscritta e ritoccata più volte, a seguito dei continui approfondimenti critici della vocazione poetica di Coleridge, questa romantica storia di colpa (la gratuita uccisione di un uccello di mare da parte del «vecchio marinaio») e di faticosa rigenerazione diventa allusiva di una condizione umana di misteriosità e indecifrabilità, di un rapporto sempre sfuggente tra il singolo e il cosmo. La poesia di Coleridge, e lo dimostrano anche gli altri poemetti raccolti in questo volume, Christabel, Kubla Khan e Amore, si impone oggi, al di là di ogni esercizio romantico, come evocazione onirica, discesa negli abissi dell’animo e dell’inconscio, sostenuta dalla lucida consapevolezza dei procedimenti stilistici. «Come una nave, dopo aver oltrepassato la linea dell’Equatore, fu sospinta dalle tempeste nella Regione del freddo verso il Polo Sud; e come da lì fece rotta verso le latitudini tropicali del Grande Oceano Pacifico, e delle straordinarie cose che accaddero; e in qual modo il vecchio marinaio fece infine ritorno alla propria terra.» Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) studiò a Cambridge, senza tuttavia conseguire la laurea. Irrequieto ed errabondo, precoce poeta, fu coautore, con William Wordsworth, delle Lyrical Ballads (1798), considerate il “manifesto” del romanticismo inglese. Fu in Germania, a Malta e in Italia, e nel 1816 si trasferì a Londra, dove svolse attività di critico e conferenziere. Le sue celebri conferenze su Shakespeare, Milton e Dante sono state pubblicate postume.

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La ballata del vecchio marinaio e altre poesie

Con le opere di Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) penetrarono in Inghilterra alcuni fondamentali principi del romanticismo, come la concezione organica di arte e poesia e dei rapporti fra intelletto, volontà e fantasia. Coleridge fu un’intelligenza brillante, capace di spaziare fra i più vasti saperi: come la filosofia, la teologia e la scienza. La ballata del vecchio marinaio è la sua opera poetica più famosa, dove è portato a compimento l’ideale romantico di una concezione unitaria, che evoca l’essenza misteriosa dell’immaginazione e l’unità creativa della vita. Traduzione di Enrico Nencioni

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La ballata del vecchio marinaio (testo inglese a fronte)

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