Poetry: "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (read by Sir Ian McKellen)

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"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round;
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;
And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ’twould win me,
That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Source: The Poetry of Coleridge, 2006
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@atassano2001 Ай бұрын

When I was a teenager, I read the first two lines. Those words, impacted on me, on my soul, so much, because it's beauty, Armony, and peace (English is not my mother tongue, and at that time my English was so elemental). I have to wait 20 years, when, using Internet, I searched for Xanadu and found it complete. It is like an opera, when you feel the art, it impacts on your being. Amazing!!!!

@celticbear714 2 ай бұрын

You too can write this good if you get high on opium while recovering from dysentery

@danbuter 9 ай бұрын

Samuel Coleridge was such an amazing poet. It's a shame that poetry is basically dead anymore. Yeah, it's out there, but good luck finding it, and especially finding the really good stuff.

@ArthurLWood 9 ай бұрын

Generally my thoughts too, but I am doing my best to keep it alive. I have a few original poems on my page, see what you think and let me know if you like them! Happy new year

@robertr.shacklady7315 7 ай бұрын

Watch pandemonium

@dylansmith9475 4 ай бұрын

Lyrical poetry is poetry .. which is massive today. Bob Dylan, Jeff buckley, Elliot smith..

@bethstaley467 2 ай бұрын

It's not dead. You just have to search it out. Granted, the golden age is over.

@talstory 8 ай бұрын

great poem. great reading.

@bluedrinksfilms1795 3 ай бұрын

Those moments when you think, “perhaps poetry is the only literature we need“…

@RustyOrange71 Жыл бұрын

Be warned: This poem is full of inuendo!!! Once seen, it can not be unseen!!! 😮

@FirstnameLastname-my7bz 10 ай бұрын

For example:

@j.c.ca.o.l7035 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorites as a teenager.

@DaveSCameron 6 ай бұрын

Shows how opium can be used wonderfully not exploited as is our time…

@DaveSCameron 6 ай бұрын

For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.❤

@fanda6122 5 ай бұрын

silly comment, it destroyed people's lives back then too, including coleridge, read confessions of an english opium eater

@SeeLevelBus Ай бұрын

The earth is flat and inside of the firmament/dome the pleasure dome.

@CLark-yk7oz Жыл бұрын

It’s delightful! Must have on hand 👏🙏✌️

@alpine_newt Жыл бұрын

Still need to hear James Earl Jones read this.

@awotnot 3 ай бұрын

Interesting. Because the ice caves reminds me of the scene in Exorcist 2 with James when Burton treads on the nails.

@jessicahanson4264 5 ай бұрын

Here because it said this poem's rendition by a teacher inspired Zora Neale Hurston to become a writer. ♥️

@neil168 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful.

@aylaertan7184 8 ай бұрын

Türkçe çevirisi olsaydı keşke altyazıda. Kubilay Han kimdi?

@jeffreybungle457 3 ай бұрын

He was the grandson of Ghengis Khan. He extended the Mongol empire to encompass modern China as well as vast swathes of Central Asia, Persia and Eastern Europe