Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals
by Steven Morris from on (#6Z6HN)
Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth
He would go on to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, two of the greatest English poems.
But in a letter written when he was 22, Samuel Taylor Coleridge revealed he was contemplating packing it all in and fading into obscurity.
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