Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) - English poet, essayist, and critic.
Known as a brilliant conversationalist and the most perceptive critic of
his day, Coleridge left only a small body of work to preserve his genius.
Kubla Khan or A Vision in a Dream (1797) - Kubla Khan was the founder of
the Mongol dynasty in China. This unfinished poem describes Xanadu --
Kubla Khan's pleasure-dome. Opening lines: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A
stately pleasure-dome decree: ...
