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+1 for Coleridge, especially the first stanza of Kubla Khan [0]. Also, I'm surprised to see nobody here recommending A.E. Houseman. His Reveille is my favorite
by avn2109 12y ago
+1 for Coleridge, especially the first stanza of Kubla Khan [0].
Also, I'm surprised to see nobody here recommending A.E. Houseman. His Reveille is my favorite poem:
...
Up, lad, up, 'tis late for lying:
Hear the drums of morning play;
Hark, the empty highways crying
'Who'll beyond the hills away?'
...
[0] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173247 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173247
- aptwebapps 12y agoI read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency before ever coming across Coleridge's Kubla Khan and spent quite a bit of time (this was before I was on the Internet) trying to find the rest of the poem. I was quite disappointed once I figured things out but on the plus side I understood what happened in the book afterwards.
- delibes 12y agoA personal favourite of mine, by Coleridge :- http://www.orgs.miamioh.edu/anthologies/bijou/vissat/Workwithouthope.htm http://www.orgs.miamioh.edu/anthologies/bijou/vissat/Workwit... Why? Because in the movie Groundhog Day, when Phil Connors has had his moment of enlightenment/peripety, he quotes : "And winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!" Knowing this poem makes the film better. Knowing how widely popular Coleridge became makes the poem better.
- daveslash 12y agoHouseman's a favorite of mine as well.