Xanadu and The Milk of Paradise

The Relentless Power of Rush – with a little help from Coleridge

Iron Maiden composed a song called the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. And the mighty Canadian rock trio created the classic, Xanadu. Both were inspired by poems from the Romantic poet, Samuel Coleridge. There is no doubt about it, Coleridge rocked. Although he probably didn’t know it at the time. Although…