{"id":2324,"date":"2019-11-15T21:10:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2021-12-01T10:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:24:54","slug":"xanadu-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/xanadu-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"Xanadu: Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName-1024x380.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName-1024x380.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName-300x111.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName-768x285.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName-500x185.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduName.jpeg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In Xanadu&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan-1024x710.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan-768x533.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KublaKhan-433x300.jpeg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>&#8230;did Kubla Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome-889x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome-889x1024.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome-768x884.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PleasureDome.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A stately Pleasure-dome decree:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver-1024x610.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver-768x458.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AlphRiver-500x298.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Where Alph the sacred river, ran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MeasurelessCaves-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Through caverns measureless to man<br>Down to a sunless sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap-723x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap-723x1024.jpeg 723w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap-768x1088.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XanaduMap.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>So twice five miles of fertile ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls-1024x768.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GirdledWalls-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>With walls and towers were girdled round;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree-1024x779.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IncenseTree-394x300.jpeg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,<br>Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient-1024x641.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient-768x481.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ForestsAncient-479x300.jpeg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>And here were forests ancient as the hills,<br><br>Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CavesOfIce.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CavesOfIce-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CavesOfIce-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CavesOfIce-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CavesOfIce.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>It was a miracle of rare device,<br><br>A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kubla Khan (2002) Pandaemonium, Julien Temple\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/re_IBngosBU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kubla Khan (2002) Pandaemonium, Julien Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kubla Khan<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/samuel-taylor-coleridge\">SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Xanadu did Kubla Khan<br>A stately pleasure-dome decree:<br>Where Alph, the sacred river, ran<br>Through caverns measureless to man<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down to a sunless sea.<br>So twice five miles of fertile ground<br>With walls and towers were girdled round;<br>And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,<br>Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;<br>And here were forests ancient as the hills,<br>Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted<br>Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!<br>A savage place! as holy and enchanted<br>As e\u2019er beneath a waning moon was haunted<br>By woman wailing for her demon-lover!<br>And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,<br>As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,<br>A mighty fountain momently was forced:<br>Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst<br>Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,<br>Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher\u2019s flail:<br>And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever<br>It flung up momently the sacred river.<br>Five miles meandering with a mazy motion<br>Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,<br>Then reached the caverns measureless to man,<br>And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;<br>And \u2019mid this tumult Kubla heard from far<br>Ancestral voices prophesying war!<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shadow of the dome of pleasure<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Floated midway on the waves;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where was heard the mingled measure<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From the fountain and the caves.<br>It was a miracle of rare device,<br>A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A damsel with a dulcimer<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a vision once I saw:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was an Abyssinian maid<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And on her dulcimer she played,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Singing of Mount Abora.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Could I revive within me<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her symphony and song,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To such a deep delight \u2019twould win me,<br>That with music loud and long,<br>I would build that dome in air,<br>That sunny dome! those caves of ice!<br>And all who heard should see them there,<br>And all should cry, Beware! Beware!<br>His flashing eyes, his floating hair!<br>Weave a circle round him thrice,<br>And close your eyes with holy dread<br>For he on honey-dew hath fed,<br>And drunk the milk of Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kubla Khan Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment. BY&nbsp;SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to man&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down to a sunless sea.So twice five miles of fertile groundWith &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/xanadu-fragments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-travel-pics","tag-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}