A Couplet, Written In A Volume Of Poems Presented By Mr. Coleridge To Dr. A.

To meet, to know, to love--and then to part,
Is the sad tale of many a human heart.

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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

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Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

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How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.

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General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves.

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No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.

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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

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Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

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The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

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