In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

Coleridge’s strange verses, famous and mysterious. The poet, to his own dismay, forgot the entire poem before he completed its composition! In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient