in that six--year period when the poet was at his most creative, about midway between The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the first section of Christabel. But it is a very different kind of poem. It is also, on one level, one of the most beautiful 'seasonal' poems in the English language. Because of Coleridge's gift for describing the strange and the supernatural, it is often forgotten that he was also one of the finest nature poets, and in poems like Frost at Midnight, he matches Wordsworth at his best.
from Galway Advertiser: Frost and Fire, Fathers and Sons
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