...another account of the poetic process: he dreamed a poem, which he started to write down on awaking, when "he was unfortunately called out by a person on business from Porlock". The account is doubtless correct as far as it goes — but how little that was has been shown by Mr....

...effort. On awaking, he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and, taking pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down...was unfortunately called out by a person on business and detained an hour, and on his return found, to his no small surprise and mortification, that though...

...effort. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down...recollection of the general purport of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away...

...some business which lasted more than an hour, and on his return to his study, he found, to his intense mortification, that 'though he still retained some...recollection of the general purport of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away...

...reading Cowper Cowper was absorbed in Burns. September, 1896. Whilst engaged upon "Kubla Khan" Coleridge was unfortunately" called out by a person on business from Porlock, and detained half an hour." On his return the inspiration had fled, aud the most seductive poetical fragment in...

...effort. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down...retained some vague and dim recollection of the general import of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all...

...sumptuous house -f pleasure.' — PUKCHAS his Pilgrimagtl 1626, Bk. iv. chap. xiii. p. 418. — En. 592 593 moment he was unfortunately called out by a person...recollection of the general purport of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away...

...some business that lasted more than an hour, and on his return to his study, he found, to his intense mortification, that " though he still retained some...recollection of the general purport of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away...

...lines. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved." It might very naturally be expected that the poet would commemorate his snug retreat in his verses,...

...appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and palxT, instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved. At this 1 ' In X.ntolu did Cublai Con build a stately Palace, encompassing sixteene miles of plains ground...