▁me ▁like ▁a ▁dream , ▁a ▁fe ver ish ▁dream ! ▁all ▁one ▁glo omy ▁h ud d le ▁of ▁strange ▁actions , ▁and ▁dim - dis cover ed ▁mot ives ! ▁Friend ships ▁lost ▁by ▁ind ol ence , ▁and ▁happiness ▁murder ed ▁by ▁mis managed ▁sens ib ilities ." ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁letter , ▁Col er idge ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁wife ▁who ▁was ▁now ▁living ▁with ▁her ▁family ▁at ▁Red cl iffe ▁Hill , ▁Br istol . ▁As ▁he ▁wrote ▁The ▁E ol ian ▁Har p ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁coming ▁to ▁his ▁home ▁at ▁Cle ved on , ▁Col er idge ▁composed ▁Ref lections ▁on ▁Having ▁Left ▁a ▁Place ▁of ▁Ret irement ▁on ▁leaving ▁it . ▁The ▁poem ▁was ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁Col er idge ' s ▁ 1 7 9 6 ▁collection ▁of ▁po ems ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁probably ▁still ▁incomplete , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁October ▁ 1 7 9 6 ▁Month ly ▁Magazine ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Ref lections ▁on ▁Enter ing ▁into ▁Active ▁Life . ▁A ▁poem ▁Which ▁A ffect s ▁Not ▁to ▁be ▁Po etry . ▁ ▁Ref lections ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁Col er idge ' s ▁ 2 8 ▁October ▁ 1 7 9 7 ▁collection ▁of ▁po ems ▁and ▁the ▁collections ▁that ▁followed . ▁Of ▁his ▁early ▁po ems , ▁Col er idge ▁believed ▁that ▁Ref lections ▁was ▁his ▁best . ▁ ▁Po em ▁The ▁poem ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁ideal isation ▁of ▁a ▁" Val ley ▁of ▁Sec l usion ": ▁