Coleridge is acknowledged as a renowned British poet, thinker, literary critic and literary theoretician in the nineteenth century, whose poetry greatly influences works of his age and of later generations with its originality. Skipping Coleridge's poem would set barrier to one's comprehending the overall picture of literary trends in British Romanism. Coleridge's representative works, such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan are passed down till now.《柯尔律治诗选》精选了柯尔律治的代表作品，并由著名翻译家杨德豫先生翻译，集中展示了其英国浪漫主义诗歌的英译原则，文字贴切，格律谨严，且文辞斐然，真正做到了译诗与原诗的高度近似。柯尔律治为英国浪漫主义诗歌的奠基人，《老水手行》是其诗歌的主要代表，杨德豫先生以其贴合无间的译笔，精彩呈现了柯尔律治带有超自然、充满奇幻色彩的诗风。