Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Today’s poem is by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (/ˈkoʊlərɪdʒ/ KOH-lə-rij;^[1] 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834), an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd.

Portrait of Coleridge drawn by A. Wivell and engraved by J.F.E. Prudhomme. Presumably made for the edition of Mr. Coleridge's works in which it is found. New York, Harper and Brothers 1853. Edited by Professor W.G.T. Shedd.

He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief".^[2] He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emersonand American transcendentalism.

—Bio via Wikipedia