...Where AJph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...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...

...pulsating creative energy, exciting and challenging, regularly and periodically violent and repelling: And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean ... (ll. 17-28) This...

...thick pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced: Amid whose swift half- intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,...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...

...forced: Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chafly grain beneath the thresher's flail: And 'mid these...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...

...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...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...

...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,...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices...

...pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced: Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst 20 Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy...sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion 2 5 Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank...

...associated with poetic inspiration girdled — circled around sinuous rills — winding streams i But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: chasm — a narrow...

...pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced: Amid whose swift half-intermitted Burst 20 Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy...sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion 25 Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank...

...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...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...