1816 in poetry
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Château de Chillon where much of The Prisoner of Chillon takes place
Draft of "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: written 1797; first published 1816
Richard Brinsley Sheridan dies this year aged 64
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William W
1816 in poetry
…and Other Poems Poems "The Dream" "Prometheus" Darkness (inspired by the darkness of this year, see above) Manfred (completed and published 1817) Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel; Kubla Khan: A Vision; The Pains of Sleep, including "Christabel" and "Kubla Khan" (May 25) Jane Ellis, Cerddi, Welsh, first published Welsh…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge at age 42
Sarah Coleridge, by Mary Matilda Betham, 1809
Portrait of Coleridge, from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and The Vision of Sir Launfal
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's daughter Sara Coleridge, 1830. Portrait by Richard James Lane