playing a dulcimer (lines 37-41). If he could revive her song within himself, he says, he would revive the pleasure dome itself with music (lines 42-47). Those who heard would also see themselves there, and cry out a warning (lines 48-49). Their warning concerns an alarming male figure (line 50). The stanza ends with instructions and a warning, to carry out a ritual because he has consumed the food of Paradise (lines 51-54).

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Date of composition

Kubla Khan

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