<P> Coleridge wrote in his notebook about Hutchinson and possible poems: "Can see nothing extraordinary in her--a Poem nothing all the virtues of the mild & retired kind (...) Poem on this night on Helvellin / William & Dorothy & Mary /--Sara & I--(...) Poem on the length of our acquaintance / all the hours that I have been thinking of her &c ." During this time in 1802, Coleridge was separated from his family and he eventually returned home during March . The relationship between him and his wife was restarted and they had a daughter in December 1802 . However, of the poems he intended to write about Hutchinson, he managed to complete one and an early draft was sent to her in a letter on 4 April 1802 . </P> <P> The original draft was titled "Letter to Sara Hutchinson", and it became Dejection when he sought to publish it . There are many differences between the versions beyond the original being 340 lines and the printed 139 lines as they reflect two different moments in Coleridge's emotional struggle . Also, passages describing his childhood and other personal matters were removed between versions . It was published in the 4 October 1802 Morning Post (see 1802 in poetry). This date corresponding to Wordsworth's wedding to Mary Hutchinson and Coleridge's own wedding anniversary . The poem was grouped with the Asra poems, a series of poems discussing love that were dedicated to Hutchinson . Eventually, Coleridge cut himself off from Hutchinson and renounced his feelings for her, which ended the problems that resulted in the poem . </P> <P> The poem begins with a claim that the narrator has lost his ability to write, which fuels the mood of dejection: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made </Dd> <Dd> The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence, </Dd> <Dd> This night, so tranquil now, will not go hence </Dd> <Dd> Unroused by winds, that ply a busier trade </Dd> <Dd> Than those which mould yon cloud in lazy flakes, </Dd> <Dd> Or the dull sobbing draft, that moans and rakes </Dd> <Dd> Upon the strings of this Æolian lute, </Dd> <Dd> Which better far were mute . </Dd> <Dd> For lo! the New - moon winter - bright! (lines 1--9) </Dd> </Dl>

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