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Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge (19 September 1796 – 6 January 1849), was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Hartley Coleridge was the oldest son of Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Although he was the subject of two of his father’s poems—“Frost at Midnight” and “The Nightingale”—Coleridge was nonetheless estranged from his parents in his youth and raised by the poet Robert Southey.
Hartley Coleridge's poetry, often reflective and melancholic, explores themes of nature, love, loss, and the human condition. His style, reminiscent of the Romantic era, employs vivid imagery and a musicality reminiscent of his father's work.
Hartley Coleridge (born September 19, 1796, Kingsdown, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England—died January 6, 1849, Grasmere, Cumberland) was an English poet whose wayward talent found expression in his skillful and sensitive sonnets.
Hartley Coleridge wrote many fine poems, some reflecting his sadness at a wasted life and his lack of self worth. His poem Long Time a Child, and Still a Child contains the poignant lines “For I have lost the race I never ran, And still I am a child, tho’ I be old”.
Sep 19, 2023 · David Hartley Coleridge, the much-loved eldest son of the famed Lake Poet and laudanum addict, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Poet, biographer, and essayist. Pseudonym: H. C. Son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Educated at Merton College, Oxford. Became a junior fellow at Oriel College in 1819.
