List of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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This article lists the complete poetic bibliography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772-1834), which includes fragments not published within his lifetime, epigrams, and titles such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan . [1]

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Poetry

Poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
TitleSubtitleIndex of First linesComposition DatePublication DateClass
Easter Holidays."Hail! festal Easter that dost bring"17871912
Dura Navis."To tempt the dangerous deep, too venturous youth,"17871893
Nil Pejus est Caelibe Vitâ.[In Christ's Hospital Book]"What pleasures shall he ever find?"17871893
Sonnet: To the Autumnal Moon"Mild Splendour of the various-vested Night!"17881796
Anthem for the Children of Christ's Hospital."Seraphs! around th' Eternal's seat who throng"17891834
Julia.[In Christ's Hospital Book]"Julia was blest with beauty, wit, and grace:"17891834
Quae Nocent Docent.O! mihi praeteritos referat si Jupiter annos!"Oh! might my ill-past hours return again!"17891893
The Nose."Ye souls unus'd to lofty verse"17891834 [Note 1]
To the Muse."Tho' no bold flights to thee belong;"17891834
Destruction of the Bastile."Heard'st thou yon universal cry,"1789?1834
Life."As late I journey'd o'er the extensive plain"17891834
Progress of Vice.[Nemo repente turpissimus]"Deep in the gulph of Vice and Woe"17901834
Monody on the Death of Chatterton.[First Version, In Christ's Hospital Book-1790 ]"Now prompts the Muse poetic lays,"17901898
An Invocation."Sweet Muse! companion of my every hour!"17901893
Anna and Harland."Within these wilds was Anna wont to rove"1790?1794, October 25
To the Evening Star."O meek attendant of Sol's setting blaze,"1790?1880
Pain. Composed in Sickness "Once could the Morn's first beams, the healthful breeze,"1790?1834
On a Lady Weeping.Imitation from the Latin of Nicolaus Archius"Lovely gems of radiance meek"1790?1893
Monody on a Tea-kettle."O Muse who sangest late another's pain,"17901834
Genevieve."Maid of my Love, sweet Genevieve!"1789-90?1794, November 1
On receiving an Account that his Only Sister's Death was Inevitable."The tear which mourn'd a brother's fate scarce dry—"17911834
On seeing a Youth Affectionately Welcomed by a Sister"I too a sister had! too cruel Death!"17911834
A Mathematical Problem."This is now--this was erst,"1791, March 311834
Honour.O, curas hominum! O, quantum est in rebus inane!"The fervid Sun had more than halv'd the day,"17911834
On Imitation."All are not born to soar—and ah! how few"17911834
Inside the Coach."'Tis hard on Bagshot Heath to try"17911834
Devonshire Roads."The indignant Bard composed this furious ode,"17911834
Music."Hence, soul-dissolving Harmony"17911834
Sonnet: On quitting School for College.On Quitting School for College"Farewell parental scenes! a sad farewell!"17911834
Absence. A Farewell Ode on quitting School for Jesus College, Cambridge.A Farewell Ode on quiting school for Jesus College, Cambridge."Where graced with many a classic spoil"17911794, October 11
Happiness."On wide or narrow scale shall Man"17911834
A Wish. Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10, 1792.Written in Jesus Wood, February 10, 1792"Lo! through the dusky silence of the groves,"17921893
An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon."As late, in wreaths, gay flowers I bound,"17921893
To Disappointment."Hence! thou fiend of gloomy sway,"17921895
A Fragment found in a Lecture-room."Where deep in mud Cam rolls his slumbrous stream,"17921895
Ode. ('Ye Gales,' &c.)"Ye Gales, that of the Lark's repose"17921796, Mach 25
A Lover's Complaint to his Mistress.Who Deserted him in quest of a more weatlhy husband in the East Indies"The dubious light sad glimmers o'er the sky:"17921893
With Fielding's 'Amelia.'"Virtues and Woes alike too great for man"1792?1834
Written after a Walk before Supper."Tho' much averse, dear Jack, to flicker,"17921796
Imitated from Ossian."The stream with languid murmur creeps,"17931796
The Complaint of Ninathóma."How long will ye round me be swelling,"17931796
Songs of the Pixies. [Note 2] "Whom the untaught Shepherds call"17931796
The Rose."As late each flower that sweetest blows"17931796
Kisses."Cupid, if storying Legends tell aright,"17931796
The Gentle Look."Thou gentle Look, that didst my soul beguile,"1793?1896
Sonnet: To the River Otter"Dear native Brook! wild Streamlet of the West!"1793?1796 [Note 3]
An Effusion at Evening. Written in August 1792. (First Draft.)"Imagination, Mistress of my Love!"17931834
Lines: On an Autumnal Evening"O thou wild Fancy, check thy wing! No more"1792, August1796
To FortuneOn buying a Ticket in the Irish Lottery"Promptress of unnumber'd sighs,"1793 [Note 4] 1793, November 7
Perspiration. A Travelling Eclogue."The dust flies smothering, as on clatt'ring wheel"17941895
[Ave, atque Vale!] ('Vivit sed mihi,' &c.)"Vivit sed mihi non vivit—nova forte marita,"17941847
On Bala Hill."With many a weary step at length I gain"17941893
Lines: Written at the King's Arms, Ross, formerly the House of the 'Man of Ross'.Written at the King's Arms, Ross, formerly the house of the "Man Of Ross""Richer than Miser o'er his countless hoards,"17941794, September 27
Imitated from the Welsh."If while my passion I impart,"17941796
Lines: To a Beautiful Spring in a Village."Once more! sweet Stream! with slow foot wandering near,"17941796
Imitations: Ad Lyram. (Casimir, Book II, Ode 3.)"The solemn-breathing air is ended—"17941796, March 3
To Lesbia.Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus. - Catullus"My Lesbia, let us love and live,"1794?1798, April 11
The Death of the Starling.Lugete, O Veneres, Cupidinesque - Catullus"Pity! mourn in plaintive tone"1794?1836
Moriens Superstiti. [Note 5] "The hour-bell sounds, and I must go;"17941798, May 10
Morienti Superstes. [Note 6] Yet art thou happier far than she1794?1796
The Sigh."When Youth his faery reign began"17941796
The Kiss."One kiss, dear Maid! I said and sigh'd—"1794?1796
To a Young Lady with a Poem on the French Revolution."Much on my early youth I love to dwell,"1794, September1796, March 1
Translation of Wrangham's 'Hendecasyllabi ad Bruntonam e Granta Exituram' [Kal. Oct. MDCCXC]"Maid of unboastful charms! whom white-robed Truth"17941795
To Miss Brunton with the preceding Translation"That darling of the Tragic Muse,"17941795
Epitaph on an Infant. ('Ere Sin could blight.')"Ere Sin could blight or Sorrow fade,"17941794, September 23
Pantisocracy."No more my visionary soul shall dwell"17941849
On the Prospect of establishing a Pantisocracy in America"Whilst pale Anxiety, corrosive Care,"17951826, March 6
Elegy: Imitated from one of Akenside's Blank-verse Inscriptions. [(No.) III.]"Near the lone pile with ivy overspread,"1794?1794, September 23
[xiii]The Faded Flower"Ungrateful he, who pluck'd thee from thy stalk,"17941836, August
The Outcast"Pale Roamer through the night! thou poor Forlorn!"1794?1796
Domestic Peace. (From 'The Fall of Robespierre,' Act I, l. 210.)"Tell me, on what holy ground"17941795
On a Discovery made too late."Thou bleedest, my poor Heart! and thy distress"17941796
To the Author of 'The Robbers'"Schiller! that hour I would have wish'd to die,"1794?1796
Melancholy. A Fragment."Stretch'd on a moulder'd Abbey's broadest wall,"1794?1797, December 12
To a Young Ass: Its Mother being tethered near it. "Poor little Foal of an oppresséd race!"17941794, December 30
Lines on a Friend who Died of a Frenzy Fever induced by Calumnious Reports."Edmund! thy grave with aching eye I scan,"17941796
To a Friend [Charles Lamb] together with an Unfinished Poem."Thus far my scanty brain hath built the rhyme"17941796
I. To the Honourable Mr. Erskine"When British Freedom for an happier land"17941794, December 1Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
II. Burke."As late I lay in Slumber's shadowy vale,"17941794, December 9Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
III. Priestley."Though rous'd by that dark Vizir Riot rude"17941794, December 11Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
IV. La Fayette"As when far off the warbled strains are heard"17941794, December 15Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
V. Koskiusko."O what a loud and fearful shriek was there,"17941794, December 16Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
VI. Pitt [Note 7] "Not always should the Tear's ambrosial dew"17941794, December 23Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
VII. To the Rev. W. L. Bowles."My heart has thank'd thee, Bowles! for those soft strains,"17941794, December 26Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
VII. To the Rev. W. L. Bowles."My heart has thank'd thee, Bowles! for those soft strains"17941794, December 26Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
VIII. Mrs. Siddons"As when a child on some long Winter's night"17941794, December 29Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
IX. To William Godwin, Author of 'Political Justice.'"O form'd t' illume a sunless world forlorn,"1795?1795, January 10Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
X. To Robert Southey of Baliol College, Oxford, Author of the 'Retrospect' and other Poems."Southey! thy melodies steal o'er mine ear"17951795, January 14Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
XI. To Richard Brinsley Sheridan, [Note 8] Esq."It was some Spirit, Sheridan! that breath'd"17951795, January 29Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
XII. To Lord Stanhope on reading his Late Protest in the House of Lords."Stanhope! I hail, with ardent Hymn, thy name!"17951795, January 31Sonnets on Eminent Characters: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle, in Dec. 1794 and Jan. 1795:—
To Earl Stanhope"Not, Stanhope! with the Patriot's doubtful name"17951796
Lines: To a Friend in Answer to a Melancholy Letter"Away, those cloudy looks, that labouring sigh,"1795?1796
To an Infant."Ah! cease thy tears and sobs, my little Life!"17951796
To the Rev. W. J. Hort while teaching a Young Lady some Song-tunes on his Flute"Hush! ye clamorous Cares! be mute!"17951796
Pity."Sweet Mercy! how my very heart has bled"1795?1796
To the Nightingale"Sister of love-lorn Poets, Philomel!"17951796
Lines: Composed while climbing the Left Ascent of Brockley Coomb, Somersetshire, May 1795"With many a pause and oft reverted eye"1795, May1796
Lines in the Manner of Spenser"O Peace, that on a lilied bank dost love"17951796
The Hour when we shall meet again. (Composed during Illness and in Absence.)"Dim Hour! that sleep'st on pillowing clouds afar,"1795?1796, Maarch 17
Lines written at Shurton Bars, near Bridgewater, September 1795, in Answer to a Letter from Bristol"Nor travels my meandering eye"17951796
The Eolian Harp."My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined"17951796
To the Author of Poems [Joseph Cottle]published anonymously at Bristol in September 1795"Unboastful Bard! whose verse concise yet clear"17951795, September
The Silver Thimble. The Production of a Young Lady, addressed [xiv]to the Author of the Poems alluded to in the preceding Epistle."As oft mine eye with careless glance"17951796
Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement Sermoni propriora - Hor."Low was our pretty Cot: our tallest Rose"17951796, October
Religious Musings.A Desultory poem, written on the Christmas Eve of 1794"This is the time, when most divine to hear,"1794-61796 [Note 9]
Monody on the Death of Chatterton."O what a wonder seems the fear of death,"1790-18341794
The Destiny of Nations. A Vision"Auspicious Reverence! Hush all meaner song,"17961817
Ver Perpetuum. Fragment from an Unpublished Poem"The early Year's fast-flying vapours stray"17961796, March 25
On observing a Blossom on the First of February 1796"Sweet flower! that peeping from thy russet stem"17961796, April 11
To a Primrose. The First seen in the SeasonNitens et roboris expers - Turget et insolida est: et spe delectat. - Ovid, Metam"Thy smiles I note, sweet early Flower,"17961796, April 27
Verses: Addressed to J. Horne Tooke and the Company who met on June 28, 1796, to celebrate his Poll at the Westminster Election"Britons! when last ye met, with distant streak"17961893
On a Late Connubial Rupture in High Life [Prince and Princess of Wales]."I sigh, fair injur'd stranger! for thy fate;"17961796, September
Sonnet: On receiving a Letter informing me of the Birth of a Son."When they did greet me father, sudden awe"1796, September 201847
Sonnet: Composed on a Journey Homeward; the Author having received Intelligence of the Birth of a Son, Sept. 20, 1796."Oft o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll"17961797
Sonnet: To a Friend who asked how I felt when the Nurse first presented my Infant to me."Charles! my slow heart was only sad, when first"17961797
Sonnet: [To Charles Lloyd]"The piteous sobs that choke the Virgin's breath"17961796
To a Young Friend on his proposing to domesticate with the Author. Composed in 1796"A mount, not wearisome and bare and steep,"17961797
Addressed to a Young Man of Fortune [C. Lloyd]Who Abandoned himself to an indolent and causeless Melancholy"Hence that fantastic wantonness of woe,"17961796, December 16
To a Friend [Charles Lamb] who had declared his intention of writing no more Poetry"Dear Charles! whilst yet thou wert a babe, I ween"17961800
Ode to the Departing Year"Spirit who sweepest the wild Harp of Time!"17961796, December 31
The Raven. [MS. S. T. C.]A Christmas Tale, Told by a School-boy to his little brothers and sisters."Underneath an old oak tree"17971798, March 10
To an Unfortunate Woman at the Theatre"Maiden, that with sullen brow"17971797, December 7
To an Unfortunate Woman whom the Author had known in the days of her Innocence"Myrtle-leaf that, ill besped,"17971797
To the Rev. George ColeridgeOf Ottery St. Mary, Devon. With Some Poems. Notus in fratres animi paterni. - Hor"A blesséd lot hath he, who having passed"17971797
On the Christening of a Friend's Child"This day among the faithful plac'd"17971797
Translation of a Latin Inscription by the Rev. W. L. Bowles in Nether-Stowey Church"Depart in joy from this world's noise and strife"17971836
This Lime-tree Bower my Prison [Addressed to Lamb Charles, Of the India House, London]"Well, they are gone, and here must I remain,"17971800
The Foster-mother's Tale"I never saw the man whom you describe"17971798Lyrical Ballads
The Dungeon"And this place our forefathers made for man!"17971798Lyrical Ballads
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner "It is an Ancient Mariner"1797-981798Lyrical Ballads
Sonnets attempted in the Manner of Contemporary Writers"Pensive at eve on the hard world I mus'd,"17971797, November
Parliamentary Oscillators"Almost awake? Why, what is this, and whence,"17981798, January 6
Christabel. "The first part of the following poem was written in the"18011816
Lines to W. L. while he sang a Song to Purcell's Music"While my young cheek retains its healthful hues,"17971800
Fire, Famine, and SlaughterA War Ecologue"Sisters! sisters! who sent you here"17981798, January 8
Frost at Midnight "The Frost performs its secret ministry,"1798, February1798
France: An Ode."Ye Clouds! that far above me float and pause,"1798, February1798, April 18
The Old Man of the Alps"Stranger! whose eyes a look of pity shew,"1798, March 81798, March 8
[xv]To a Young Lady [Miss Lavinia Poole] on her Recovery from a Fever"Why need I say, Louisa dear!"1798, March 311799, December 9
Lewti, or the Circassian Love-chaunt."At midnight by the stream I roved,"17981798, April 18
Fears in Solitude.Written in April 18, during an alarm of invasion"A green and silent spot, amid the hills,"1798, April 201798
The Nightingale. A Conversation Poem "No cloud, no relique of the sunken day"1798, April1798Lyrical Ballads
The Three Graves."Beneath this thorn when I was young,"1797-18091893 [Note 10]
The Wanderings of Cain."Encinctured with a twine of leaves,"17981828
To —— [Note 11] "I mix in life, and labour to seem free,"1798?1836
The Ballad of the Dark Ladié"Beneath yon birch with silver bark,"17981834
Kubla Khan Or, A vision in a dream. A Fragment."In Xanadu did Kubla Khan"17981816
Recantation: Illustrated in the Story of the Mad Ox"An Ox, long fed with musty hay,"17981798, July 30
Hexameters. ('William my teacher,' &c.)"William, my teacher, my friend! dear William and dear Dorothea!"17991851
Translation of a Passage in Ottfried's Metrical Paraphrase of the Gospel"She gave with joy her virgin breast;"1799?1817
Catullian Hendecasyllables"Hear, my belovéd, an old Milesian story!—"1799?1834
The Homeric Hexameter described and exemplified"Strongly it bears us along in swelling and limitless billows,"1799?1834
The Ovidian Elegiac Metre described and exemplified"In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column;"1799?1834
On a Cataract.From a cavern near the summit of a mountain precipice."Unperishing youth!"1799?1834
Tell's Birth-PlaceImitated from Stolberg"Mark this holy chapel well!"1799?1817
The Visit of the GodsImitated from Schiller"Never, believe me,"1799?1817
From the German. ('Know'st thou the land,' &c.)"Know'st thou the land where the pale citrons grow,"17991834
Water Ballad.From the French" 'Come hither, gently rowing,"17991831, October 29
On an Infant which died before Baptism. ('Be rather,' &c.)"'Be, rather than be called, a child of God,'"1799, April 81834
Something Childish, but very Natural. Written in Germany."If I had but two little wings"1799, April 231800
Home-Sick. Written in Germany."'Tis sweet to him who all the week"1799, May 61800
Lines written in the Album at Elbingerode in the Hartz Forest."I stood on Brocken's sovran height, and saw"1799, May 171799, September 17
The British Stripling's War-Song.Imitated from Stolberg"Yes, noble old Warrior! this heart has beat high,"17991799, August 24
Names. [From Lessing.]"I ask'd my fair one happy day,"17991803
The Devil's Thoughts."From his brimstone bed at break of day"17991799, September 6
Lines composed in a Concert-room"Nor cold, nor stern, my soul! yet I detest"17991799, September 24
Westphalian Song"When thou to my true-love com'st"1799?1802, September 27
Hexameters. Paraphrase of Psalm xlvi."Gōd ĭs oŭr Strēngth ănd oŭr Rēfŭge: thērefŏre wīll wĕ nŏt trēmblĕ"17991912
Hymn to the Earth. [Imitated from Stolberg's Hymne an die Erde.] Hexameters"Earth! thou mother of numberless children, the nurse and the mother,"17991834
Mahomet"Utter the song, O my soul! the flight and return of Mohammed,"1799?1834
Love."All thoughts, all passions, all delights,"17991799, December 21
Ode to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, on the Twenty-fourth Stanza in her 'Passage over Mount Gothard'"Splendour's fondly-fostered child!"17991799, December 24
A Christmas Carol"The shepherds went their hasty way,"17991799, December 25
Talleyrand to Lord Grenville. A Metrical Epistle"My Lord! though your Lordship repel deviation"18001800, January 10
Apologia pro Vita sua. ('The poet in his lone,' &c.)"The poet in his lone yet genial hour"18001822
The Keepsake"The tedded hay, the first fruits of the soil,"1800?1802, September 17
A Thought suggested by a View of Saddleback in Cumberland."On stern Blencartha's perilous height"18001833
The Mad Monk"I heard a voice from Etna's side;"18001800, October 13
[xvi]Inscription for a Seat by the Road Side half-way up a Steep Hill facing South"Thou who in youthful vigour rich, and light"18001800, October 21
A Stranger MinstrelWritten [To Mrs. Robinson], A few weeks before her death."As late on Skiddaw's mount I lay supine,"1800, November1801
Alcaeus to Sappho."How sweet, when crimson colours dart"18001800, November 24
The Two Round Spaces on the Tombstone."The Devil believes that the Lord will come,"18001800, December 4
The Snow-drop."The Devil believes that the Lord will come,"18001893
On Revisiting the Sea-shore.After Long Absence, Under strong Medical Recommendation not to bathe."God be with thee, gladsome Ocean!"18011801, September 15
Ode to Tranquillity"Tranquillity! thou better name"18011801, December 4
To Asra."Are there two things, of all which men possess,"18011893
The Second Birth."There are two births, the one when Light"1801?1893
Love's Sanctuary."This yearning heart (Love! witness what I say)"1801?1893
Dejection: An Ode."Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made"1802, April 41802, October 4
The Picture, or the Lover's Resolution"Through weeds and thorns, and matted underwood"18021802, September 6
To Matilda Betham from a Stranger"Matilda! I have heard a sweet tune played"18021893 [Note 12]
Hymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of Chamouni. "Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star"18021802, September 11
The Good, Great Man"'How seldom, friend! a good great man inherits"18021802, September 23
Inscription for a Fountain on a Heath"This Sycamore, oft musical with bees,—"18021802, September 24
An Ode to the RainComposed Before Daylight, on the Morning Appointed for the Departure of a Very Worthy, but Not Very Pleasant Visitor, Whom It Was Feared the Rain Might Detain"I know it is dark; and though I have lain,"18021802, October 7
A Day-dream. ('My eyes make pictures,' &c.)"My eyes make pictures, when they are shut:"18021828
Answer to a Child's Question"Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,"18021802, October 16
The Day-dream. From an Emigrant to his Absent Wife"If thou wert here, these tears were tears of light!"1801-021802, October 19
The Happy Husband. A Fragment"Oft, oft methinks, the while with thee,"1802?1817Sibylline Leaves
The Pains of Sleep."Ere on my bed my limbs I lay,"18031816
The Exchange"We pledged our hearts, my love and I,—"18041804, April 16
Ad Vilmum Axiologum. [To William Wordsworth.]"This be the meed, that thy song creates a thousand-fold echo!"1805?1893
An Exile."Friend, Lover, Husband, Sister, Brother!"18051893
Sonnet. [Translated from Marini.]"Lady, to Death we're doom'd, our crime the same!"1805?1893
Phantom"All look and likeness caught from earth,"18051805, February 8
A Sunset."Upon the mountain's edge with light touch resting,"18051893
What is Life?"Resembles life what once was deem'd of light,"18051829
The Blossoming of the Solitary Date-treeA Lament"I seem to have an indistinct recollection of having read either in one"18051828
Separation."A sworded man whose trade is blood,"1805?1834
The Rash Conjurer."Strong spirit-bidding sounds!"1805? or 1814?1912 [Note 13]
A Child's Evening Prayer."Ere on my bed my limbs I lay,"18061852
Metrical Feet. Lesson for a Boy."Trōchĕe trīps frŏm lōng tŏ shōrt;"18061834
Farewell to Love"Farewell, sweet Love! yet blame you not my truth;"18061806, September 27
To William Wordsworth.Composed on the night after his recitation of a poem on the growth of an individual mind."Friend of the wise! and Teacher of the Good!"1807, January1817Sibylline Leaves
An Angel Visitant."Within these circling hollies woodbine-clad—"1801?1836
Recollections of Love."How warm this woodland wild Recess!"18071817Sibylline Leaves
To Two Sisters. [Mary Morgan and Charlotte Brent]A Wanderer's Farwell"To know, to esteem, to love,—and then to part—"18071807, December 10
Psyche."The butterfly the ancient Grecians made"18081817 [Note 14]
A Tombless Epitaph"'Tis true, Idoloclastes Satyrane!"1809?1809, November 23
For a Market-clock. (Impromptu.)"What now, O Man! thou dost or mean'st to do"18091836
The Madman and the Lethargist.An Example"Quoth Dick to me, as once at College"18091912
The Visionary Hope"Sad lot, to have no Hope! Though lowly kneeling"18101817Sibylline Leaves
Epitaph on an Infant. ('Its balmy lips,' &c.)"Its balmy lips the infant blest"18111811, March 20
The Virgin's Cradle-hymnCopied from a print of the virgin in a Roman Catholic village in Germany"Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet"18111801, December 26
To a Lady offended by a Sportive Observation that Women have no Souls"Nay, dearest Anna! why so grave?"1811?1812
Reason for Love's Blindness"I have heard of reasons manifold"1811?1828
The Suicide's Argument."Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no,"18111828
Time, Real and ImaginaryAn Allegory"On the wide level of a mountain's head,"1812?1817Sibylline Leaves
An Invocation. From Remorse [Act III, Scene i, ll. 69-82]"Hear, sweet Spirit, hear the spell,"18121813
The Night-scene." You loved the daughter of Don Manrique"18131817Sibylline Leaves
A Hymn"My Maker! of thy power the trace"18141852
To a Lady, with Falconer's Shipwreck"Ah! not by Cam or Isis, famous streams,"18141817Sibylline Leaves
Human Life. On the Denial of Immortality"If dead, we cease to be; if total gloom"1815?1817Sibylline Leaves
Song. From Zapolya (Act II, Sc. i, ll. 65–80.)"A Sunny shaft did I behold,"18151817
Hunting Song. From Zapolya (Act IV, Sc. ii, ll. 56-71)"Up, up! ye dames, and lasses gay!"18151817
Faith, Hope, and Charity. From the Italian of Guarini"Let those whose low delights to Earth are given"18151817 [Note 15]
To Nature"It may indeed be phantasy, when I"1820?1836
Limbo. "The sole true Something—This! In Limbo's Den"18171893
Ne Plus Ultra"Sole Positive of Night!"1826?1834
The Knight's Tomb"Where is the grave of Sir Arthur O'Kellyn?"1817?1834
On Donne's Poetry"With Donne, whose muse on dromedary trots,"1818?1836
Israel's LamentA Hebrew Dirge, chaunted in the Great Synagogue, St. James's Place, Aldgate, on the day of the Funeral of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. By Hyman Hurwitz, Master of the Hebrew Academy, Highgate: with a Translation in English Verse, by S. T. Coleridge, Esq., 1817.'"Mourn, Israel! Sons of Israel, mourn!"18171817
Fancy in Nubibus, or the Poet in the Clouds."O! it is pleasant, with a heart at ease,"18171818, February 7
The Tears of a Grateful People"Oppress'd, confused, with grief and pain,"18201820
Youth and Age."Verse, a breeze mid blossoms straying,"1823-18321834
The Reproof and ReplyOr, The Flower-Thief's Apology, for a robbery committed in Mr. and Mrs. ——'s garden, on Sunday morning, 25 May 1823, between the hours of eleven and twelve.""Fie, Mr. Coleridge!—and can this be you?"18231834
First Advent of Love."O fair is Love's first hope to gentle mind!"18241834
The Delinquent Travellers"Some are home-sick—some two or three,"18241912
Work without Hope."All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—"1825, February 211828
Sancti Dominici Pallium. A Dialogue between Poet and Friend.Found Written on the Blank Leaf at the Beginning of Butler's. 'book of the Church' (1825)"I note the moods and feelings men betray,"1825 or 18261827, May 21
Song. ('Though veiled,' &c.)"Though veiled in spires of myrtle-wreath,"18251828
A Character."A bird, who for his other sins"18251834
The Two Founts.Stanzas Addressed to a Lady on Her Recovery With Unblemished Looks, From a Severe Attack of Pain"'Twas my last waking thought, how it could be"18261827
Constancy to an Ideal Object"Since all that beat about in Nature's range,"1826?1817
The Pang more Sharp than All. An Allegory"He too has flitted from his secret nest,"1825-6?1834
Duty surviving Self-love. The only sure Friend of declining Life."Unchanged within, to see all changed without,"18261828
Homeless"'O! Christmas Day, Oh! happy day!"18261827, January
Lines suggested by the last Words of Berengarius; ob. Anno Dom. 1088"No more 'twixt conscience staggering and the Pope"1826?1827
Epitaphium Testamentarium"Quae linquam, aut nihil, aut nihili, aut vix sunt mea. Sordes"18261827
Ἔρως ἀεὶ λάληθρος ἑταῖρος"In many ways does the full heart reveal"18261827
The Improvisatore; or, 'John Anderson, My Jo, John'"Yes, yes! that boon, life's richest treat"18271828
To Mary Pridham [afterwards Mrs. Derwent Coleridge]."Dear tho' unseen! tho' I have left behind"18271827, October 16
Alice du Clos; or, The Forked Tongue. A Ballad.One word with two meanings is the traitor's shield and shaft: and a slit tongue be his blazon!'—Caucasian Proverb."'The Sun is not yet risen,"1828?1834
Love's Burial-place"Lady. If Love be dead—"18281828
Lines: To a Comic Author, on an Abusive Review"What though the chilly wide-mouth'd quacking chorus"1825?1834
Cologne"In Köhln, a town of monks and bones"18281834
On my Joyful Departure from the same City"As I am a Rhymer"18281834
The Garden of Boccaccio"Or late, in one of those most weary hours,"18281829
Love, Hope, and Patience in Education."O'er wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule,"18291830
To Miss A. T."Verse, pictures, music, thoughts both grave and gay,"18291850
Lines written in Commonplace Book of Miss Barbour, Daughter of the Minister of the U. S. A. to England"Child of my muse! in Barbour's gentle hand"1829, August1829, December 19
Song, ex improviso, on hearing a Song in praise of a Lady's Beauty"'Tis not the lily-brow I prize,"18301830
Love and Friendship Opposite"Her attachment may differ from yours in degree,"1830?1834
Not at Home"That Jealousy may rule a mind"1830?1834
Phantom or Fact. A Dialogue in Verse"A lovely form there sate beside my bed,"1830?1834
Desire."Where true Love burns Desire is Love's pure flame;"1830?1834
Charity in Thought"To praise men as good, and to take them for such,"1830?1834
Humility the Mother of Charity"Frail creatures are we all! To be the best,"1830?1834
[Coeli Enarrant.]"The stars that wont to start, as on a chace,"1830?1912
Reason['Finally, what is Reason? You have often asked me: and this is my answer':—]"Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,"18301830 [Note 16]
Self-knowledge—E coelo descendit γνῶθι σεαυτόν.—Juvenal, xi. 27."Γνῶθι σεαυτόν!—and is this the prime"18321834
Forbearance"Gently I took that which ungently came"1832?1834
Love's Apparition and EvanishmentAn Allegoric Romance"Like a lone Arab, old and blind,"18331834
To the Young Artist Kayser of Kaserwerth"Kayser! to whom, as to a second self,"18331834
My Baptismal Birth-day"God's child in Christ adopted,—Christ my all,—"18331834
Epitaph."Stop, Christian passer-by!—Stop, child of God,"1833, November 91834
An Apology for Spencers"Said William to Edmund I can't guess the reason"1796, March 211796, March 25Epigram
On a Late Marriage between an Old Maid and French Petit Maître"Tho' Miss ——'s match is a subject of mirth,"Unknown1796, April 2Epigram
On an Amorous Doctor"From Rufa's eye sly Cupid shot his dart"Unknown1796, April 2Epigram
Of smart pretty Fellows,' &c."Of smart pretty Fellows in Bristol are numbers, some"Unknown1912Epigram
On Deputy ——"By many a booby's vengeance bit"Unknown1798, January 2Epigram
To be ruled like a Frenchman,' &c."To be ruled like a Frenchman the Briton is loth,"17981912Epigram
On Mr. Ross, usually Cognominated Nosy"I fancy whenever I spy Nosy"17991912Epigram
Bob now resolves,' &c."Bob now resolves on marriage schemes to trample,"Unknown1912Epigram
Say what you will, Ingenious Youth'"Say what you will, Ingenious Youth!"17991893Epigram
If the guilt of all lying,' &c."If the guilt of all lying consists in deceit,"18001800Epigram
On an Insignificant"No doleful faces here, no sighing—"17991893 [Note 17] Epigram
There comes from old Avaro's grave'"There comes from old Avaro's grave"17991829Epigram
On a Slanderer"From yonder tomb of recent date,"17991893Epigram
Lines in a German Student's Album"We both attended the same College,"Unknown1856Epigram
[Hippona]"Hippona lets no silly flush"1799 August, 291799, August 29Epigram
On a Reader of His Own Verses"Hoarse Mævius reads his hobbling verse"Unknown1799, September 7Epigram
[iv]On a Report of a Minister's Death"Last Monday all the Papers said"Unknown1799, September 18Epigram
[Dear Brother Jem]"Jem writes his verses with more speed"Unknown1799, September 23Epigram
Job's Luck"Sly Beelzebub took all occasions"17991801, September 26Epigram
On the Sickness of a Great Minister"Pluto commanded death to take away"Unknown1799, October 1Epigram
[To a Virtuous Oeconomist]"You're careful o'er your wealth 'tis true:"Unknown1799, October 28Epigram
[L'Enfant Prodigue]"Jack drinks fine wines, wears modish clothing,"Unknown1799, November 16Epigram
On Sir Rubicund NasoA Court Alderman and Whisperer of Secrets"Speak out, Sir! you're safe, for so ruddy your nose"Unknown1799, December 7Epigram
To Mr. Pye"Your poem must eternal be,"Unknown1800, January 24Epigram
[Ninety-Eight]"O would the Baptist come again"Unknown1800Epigram
Occasioned by the Former"I hold of all our viperous race"Unknown1800Epigram
[A Liar by Profession]"As Dick and I at Charing Cross were walking,"Unknown1800Epigram
To a Proud Parent"Thy babes ne'er greet thee with the father's name;"Unknown1800Epigram
Rufa"Thy lap-dog, Rufa, is a dainty beast,"Unknown1800Epigram
On a Volunteer Singer"Swans sing before they die—'twere no bad thing"Unknown1800Epigram
Occasioned by the Last"A joke (cries Jack) without a sting—"Unknown1800Epigram
Epitaph on Major Dieman"Know thou who walks't by, Man! that wrapp'd up in lead, man,"1800?1912Epigram
On the Above"As long as ere the life-blood's running,"1800?1912Epigram
Epitaph on a Bad Man (1st Version)"Of him that in this gorgeous tomb doth lie,"Unknown1801, September 22Epigram
Epitaph on a Bad Man (2nd Version)"Under this stone does Walter Harcourt lie,"Unknown1912Epigram
Epitaph on a Bad Man (3rd Version)W. H. EHEU!"Beneath this stone does William Hazlitt lie,"Unknown1830, September 10Epigram
To a Certain Modern Narcissus"Do call, dear Jess, whene'er my way you come;"Unknown1801, December 16Epigram
To a CriticWho Extracted a Passage from a poem without adding a word respecting the context, and then derided it as unitelligible."Most candid critic, what if I,"Unknown1801, December 16Epigram
Always Audible"Pass under Jack's window at twelve at night"Unknown1801, December 19Epigram
Pondere non Numero"Friends should be weigh'd, not told; who boasts to have won"Unknown1801, December 26Epigram
The Compliment Qualified"To wed a fool, I really cannot see"Unknown1801, December 26Epigram
What is an Epigram,' &c."What is an Epigram? a dwarfish whole,"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
Charles, grave or merry,' &c."Charles, grave or merry, at no lie would stick,"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
An evil spirit's on thee, friend,' &c."An evil spirit's on thee, friend! of late!"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
Here lies the Devil,' &c."Here lies the Devil—ask no other name."Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
To One Who Published in Print, &c.What has been entrusted to him by my Fireside"Two things hast thou made known to half the nation,"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
Scarce any scandal,' &c."Scarce any scandal, but has a handle;"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
Old Harpy,' &c."Old Harpy jeers at castles in the air,"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
To a Vain Young Lady"Didst thou think less of thy dear self"Unknown1802, September 23Epigram
A Hint to Premiers and First ConsulsFROM AN OLD TRAGEDY, VIZ. AGATHA TO KING ARCHELAUS"Three truths should make thee often think and pause;"Unknown1802, September 27Epigram
From me, Aurelia,' &c."From me, Aurelia! you desired"Unknown1802, October 2Epigram
For a House-Dog's Collar"When thieves come, I bark: when gallants, I am still—"Unknown1802, October 2Epigram
In vain I praise thee, Zoilus'"In vain I praise thee, Zoilus!"Unknown1802, October 2Epigram
Epitaph on a Mercenary Miser"A poor benighted Pedlar knock'd"Unknown1802, October 9Epigram
A Dialogue between an Author and his Friend"Come; your opinion of my manuscript"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
Μωροσοφία, or Wisdom in Folly"Tom Slothful talks, as slothful Tom beseems,"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
Each Bond-street buck,' &c."Each Bond-street buck conceits, unhappy elf!"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
From an Old German Poet"That France has put us oft to rout"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
On the Curious Circumstance, That in the German, &c.The Sun is feminine, and the moon is masculine"Our English poets, bad and good, agree"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
Spots in the Sun"My father confessor is strict and holy,"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
When Surface talks,' &c."When Surface talks of other people's worth"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
To my CandleTo Farewell Epigram"Good Candle, thou that with thy brother, Fire,"Unknown1802, October 11Epigram
Epitaph on Himself"Here sleeps at length poor Col., and without screaming—"Unknown1848Epigram
The Taste of the Times"Some whim or fancy pleases every eye;"1806?1904, January 9Epigram
On Pitt and Fox"Britannia's boast, her glory and her pride,"Unknown1904, January 6Epigram
An excellent adage,' &c."An excellent adage commands that we should"Unknown1809, November 12Epigram
Comparative Brevity of Greek and English"χρυσὸν ἀνὴρ εὑρὼν ἔλιπε βρόχον, αὐτὰρ ὁ χρυσὸν"Unknown1812Epigram
On the Secrecy of a Certain Lady"'She's secret as the grave, allow!'"Unknown1814, January 3Epigram
Motto for a Transparency, &c. (1st Version)&c corresponds to DESIGNED BY WASHINGTON ALLSTON AND EXHIBITED AT BRISTOL ON 'PROCLAMATION DAY'—June 29, 1814."We've fought for Peace, and conquer'd it at last,"Unknown1836Epigram
Motto for a Transparency, &c. (2nd Version)&c corresponds to DESIGNED BY WASHINGTON ALLSTON AND EXHIBITED AT BRISTOL ON 'PROCLAMATION DAY'—June 29, 1814."We've conquered us a Peace, like lads true metalled:"Unknown1836Epigram
Money, I've heard,' &c."Money, I've heard a wise man say,"Unknown1893Epigram
[v]Modern Critics"No private grudge they need, no personal spite,"Unknown1817Epigram
Written in an Album"Parry seeks the Polar ridge,"Unknown1834Epigram
To a Lady who requested me to Write a Poem upon Nothing"On nothing, Fanny, shall I write?"Unknown1822, February 22Epigram
Sentimental"The rose that blushes like the morn,"Unknown1877 [Note 18] Epigram
So Mr. Baker,' &c."So Mr. Baker heart did pluck—"Unknown1836Epigram
Authors and Publishers" 'A heavy wit shall hang at every lord,'

"

Unknown1825, December 10Epigram
The Alternative"This way or that, ye Powers above me!"UnknownUnknownEpigram
In Spain, that land,' &c."In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes,"Unknown1871Epigram
Inscription for a Time-piece"Now! It is gone—Our brief hours travel post,"Unknown1844 [Note 19] Epigram
On the Most Veracious Anecdotist, &c."Tom Hill, who laughs at Cares and Woes,"Unknown1912Epigram
Nothing speaks but mind,' &c."Nothing speaks our mind so well"Unknown1912Epigram
Epitaph of the Present Year on the Monument of Thomas Fuller"A Lutheran stout, I hold for Goose-and-Gaundry"1833, November 281912Epigram
My Godmother's Beard"So great the charms of Mrs. Mundy,"1791?1888Jeux d'esprit
Lines to Thomas Poole"Repeaating Such verse as Bowles, heart honour'd Poet sang,'17961893Jeux d'esprit
To a Well-known Musical Critic, &c [Note 20] "O ——! O ——! of you we complain"1798, January 41798, January 4Jeux d'esprit
To T. Poole: An Invitation [Note 21] "Plucking flowers from the Galaxy"1797, January1888Jeux d'esprit
Song, To be Sung by the Lovers of all the noble liquors, &c [Note 22] "Ye drinkers of Stingo and Nappy so free,"Unknown1801, September 18Jeux d'esprit
Drinking versus ThinkingOr, a Song Against the New Philosophy"My Merry men all, that drink with glee"Unknown1801, September 25Jeux d'esprit
The Wills of the WispA Sapphic. Vix ea nostra voco
"Lunatic Witch-fires! Ghosts of Light and Motion!"Unknown1801, December 1Jeux d'esprit
To Captain Findlay"When the squalls were flitting and fleering"1804, May 41912Jeux d'esprit
On Donne's Poem 'To a Flea'"Be proud as Spaniards! Leap for pride ye Fleas!"18111912Jeux d'esprit
[Ex Libris S. T. C.]"This, Hannah Scollock! may have been the case;"1814, November 25UnknownJeux d'esprit
ΕΓΩΕΝΚΑΙΠΑΝ"Eu! Dei vices gerens, ipse Divus,;18151817Jeux d'esprit
The Bridge Street Committee"Jack Snipe"Unknown1836Jeux d'esprit
Nonsense Sapphics"Here's Jem's first copy of nonsense verses,"Unknown1850Jeux d'esprit
To Susan Steele, &c."My dearest Dawtie!"18291912Jeux d'esprit
Association of Ideas I.—By Likeness"Fond, peevish, wedded pair! why all this rant?"1830?1835Jeux d'esprit
Association of Ideas II.—Association by Contrast
"Phidias changed marble into feet and legs."1830?1835Jeux d'esprit
Association of Ideas III.—Association by Time
"I touch this scar upon my skull behind,"1830?1835Jeux d'esprit
Verses Trivocular"Of one scrap of science I've evidence ocular."Unknown1912.Jeux d'esprit
Cholera Cured Before-handOr a premonition promulgated gratis for the use of the Useful Classes, specially those resident in St. Giles's, Saffron Hill, Bethnal Green, etc.; and likewise, inasmuch as the good man is merciful even to the beasts, for the benefit of the Bulls and Bears of the Stock Exchange."Pains ventral, subventral,"1832, July 261834Jeux d'esprit
To Baby Bates"You come from o'er the waters,"Unknown1893 [Note 23] Jeux d'esprit
To a Child"Little Miss Fanny,"18341888, Jan 28Jeux d'esprit
An Experiment for a Metre ('I heard a Voice,' &c.)"I heard a voice pealing loud triumph to-day:"18011912.Metrical Experiments
Trochaics"Thus she said, and, all around,"18011912.Metrical Experiments
The Proper Unmodified Dochmius(i. e. antispastic Catalectic)"Bĕnīgn shōōtĭng stārs, ĕcstātīc dĕlīght."18011912.Metrical Experiments
Iambics"No cold shall thee benumb,"18011912.Metrical Experiments
Nonsense ('Sing, impassionate Soul,' &c.)"Sing impassionate Soul! of Mohammed the complicate story:"Unknown1912.Metrical Experiments
A Plaintive Movement"Go little Pipe! for ever I must leave thee,"1814, October1912.Metrical Experiments
An Experiment for a Metre ('When thy Beauty appears')"When thy Beauty appears,"Unknown1912.Metrical Experiments
Nonsense Verses ('Ye fowls of ill presage')[An Experiment For a Metre]"Ye fowls of ill presage,"Unknown1912.Metrical Experiments
Nonsense ('I wish on earth to sing')[An Experiment For a Metre]"I wish on earth to sing"Unknown1912.Metrical Experiments
There in some darksome shade'"There in some darksome shade"18011893Metrical Experiments
Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee'"Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee!"Unknown1893Metrical Experiments
Songs of Shepherds, and rustical Roundelays'"Songs of Shepherds and rustical Roundelays,"Unknown1912.Metrical Experiments
A Metrical Accident"Then Jerome did cal"1826, July 71912.Metrical Experiments
O'er the raised &c"O'er the raised earth the gales of evening sigh;"1797?1852Fragments
Sea-ward, &c"Sea-ward, white gleaming thro' the busy scud"Unknown1912Fragments
Over my Cottage"The Pleasures sport beneath the thatch;"17991893Fragments
In the lame and limping metre of a barbarous Latin poet—"Est meum et est tuum, amice! at si amborum nequit esse,"1801, November 11816Fragments
Names do not &c"Names do not always meet with Love,"1801, December1912.Fragments
The Moon, &c"The Moon, how definite its orb!"1801?1893Fragments
Such love as &c"Such love as mourning Husbands have"1803, September1912.Fragments
[The Night-Mare Death in Life]"I know 'tis but a dream, yet feel more anguish"1803?1912.Fragments
Bright clouds &c"Bright clouds of reverence, sufferably bright,"18031893Fragments
A Beck in Winter"Over the broad, the shallow, rapid stream,"1804, January1912.Fragments
I from the &c"I from the influence of thy Looks receive,"18041912.Fragments
What never is &c"What never is, but only is to be"1804-51912.Fragments
This silence of &c"The silence of a City, how awful at Midnight!"1804-51912.Fragments
O beauty &c"O beauty in a beauteous body dight!"18051893Fragments
O th'Oppressive &c"O th' Oppressive, irksome weight"18051893Fragments
Twas not a &c"'Twas not a mist, nor was it quite a cloud,"1797, December1893Fragments
[Not a Critic—But a Judge]"Whom should I choose for my Judge? the earnest, impersonal reader,"18051912.Fragments
A sumptuous and &c"A sumptuous and magnificent Revenge."1806, March1893Fragments
[De Profundis Clamavi]"Come, come thou bleak December wind,"1806, June 71875Fragments
As some vast &c"As some vast Tropic tree, itself a wood,"1806-71912.Fragments
Let Eagle bid &c"Let Eagle bid the Tortoise sunward soar—"18071888Fragments
The body &c"The body, Eternal Shadow of the finite Soul,"Unknown1912.Fragments
Or Wren &c"Or Wren or Linnet,"1807, May1912.Fragments
The reed roof'd &c"The reed roof'd village still bepatch'd with snow"17981912.Fragments
And in Life's &c"And in Life's noisiest hour"18071912.Fragments
You mould my &c"You mould my Hopes you fashion me within:"18071912.Fragments
And my heart &c"And my heart mantles in its own delight."Unknown1912.Fragments
The spruce and limber &c"The spruce and limber yellow-hammer"18071912.Fragments
Fragment of an Ode on Napoleon"O'erhung with yew, midway the Muses mount"1808?1912.Fragments
The singing kettle &c"The singing Kettle and the purring Cat,"18031893Fragments
Two wedded hearts &c"Two wedded hearts, if ere were such,"18081893Fragments
Sole Maid &c"Sole Maid, associate sole, to me beyond"18091893Fragments
Epigram on Kepler"No mortal spirit yet had clomb so high"17991912.Fragments
When Hope but &c"When Hope but made Tranquillity be felt:"18101893Fragments
I have experienced &c"I have experienced"18101893Fragments
As when the new &c"As when the new or full Moon urges"18111893Fragments
O mercy, &c"O mercy, O me, miserable man!"18111912.Fragments
A low dead Thunder &c"A low dead Thunder mutter'd thro' the night,"18111893Fragments
His own far countenance &c"His own fair countenance, his kingly forehead,"1812UnknownFragments
[Ars Poetica]"'Behold yon row of pines, that shorn and bow'd"18151817Fragments
Translation of the First Strophe of Pindar's Second Olympic"Ye harp-controlling hymns!"18151817Fragments
O! Superstition &c"O! Superstition is the giant shadow"18161893Fragments
Translation of a Fragment of Heraclitus"Not hers To win the sense by words of rhetoric,

"

1816UnknownFragments
Truth I pursued &c"Truth I pursued, as Fancy sketch'd the way,"Unknown1818Fragments
Imitated from Aristophanes"Great goddesses are they to lazy folks,"18171818Fragments
Let clumps of earth &c"Let clumps of earth, however glorified,"18201893Fragments
To Edward Irving"Friend pure of heart and fervent! we have learnt"18241825Fragments
[Luther—De Dæmonibus]"'The angel's like a flea,"18261839Fragments
The Netherlands"Water and windmills, greenness, Islets green;—"1828, June1912.Fragments
Elisa"Sweet Gift! and always doth Elisa send"18331912.Fragments
Profuse Kindness"What a spring-tide of Love to dear friends in a shoal!"Unknown / Undated1834Fragments
I stand alone &c"I stand alone, nor tho' my heart should break,"Unknown1893Fragments
Napoleon"The Sun with gentle beams his rage disguises,"Unknown1912.Fragments
Thicker than rain-drops &c"Thicker than rain-drops on November thorn."Unknown / Undated1912.Fragments
His native accents &c"His native accents to her stranger's ear,"Unknown / Undated1893Fragments
Each crime that &c"Each crime that once estranges from the virtues"Unknown / UndatedUnknownFragments
Where'er I find &c"Where'er I find the Good, the True, the Fair,"Unknown / Undated1893Fragments
A wind that &c"A wind that with Aurora hath abiding"Unknown / Undated1893Fragments
What boots to &c"What boots to tell how o'er his grave"Unknown / UndatedUnknownFragments
[xxii]The Three Sorts of Friends"Though friendships differ endless in degree,"Unknown / Undated1835Fragments
If fair by &c"If fair by Nature"Unknown1912.Fragments
Bo-Peep and I Spy—"In the corner one—"18261912.Fragments
A Simile"As the shy hind, the soft-eyed gentle Brute"Unknown / Undated1912.Fragments
Baron Guelph of Adelstan. A Fragment"For ever in the world of Fame"Unknown / Undated1912.Fragments

Notes

  1. Third stanza was first published on January 2nd, 1798 in the Morning Post entitled "To the Lord Mayor's Nose".
  2. Prior to 1834, the second paragraph read: To this place the Author conducted a party of young Ladies, during the Summer months of the year 1793, &c.
  3. Lines 2-11 were however first published on April 2, 1796 within the Watchman.
  4. Coleridge states that the poem was "Composed during a walk to and from the Queen's Head, Gray's Inn Lane, Holborn, and Hornsby's and Co., Cornhill." .
  5. In first publication was prefaced with note " The two following verses from the French, never before published, were written by a French Prisoner as he was preparing to go to the Guillotine".
  6. In first publication was prefaced with note " The two following verses from the French, never before published, were written by a French Prisoner as he was preparing to go to the Guillotine".
  7. Coleridge states in a Note: "'This Sonnet, and the ninth, to Stanhope, were among the pieces withdrawn from the second edition of 1797. They reappeared in the edition of 1803, and were again withdrawn in 1828, solely, it may be presumed, on account of their political vehemence. They will excite no angry feelings, and lead to no misapprehensions now, and as they are fully equal to their companions in poetical merit, the Editors have not scrupled to reproduce them. These Sonnets were originally entitled "Effusions".' appears within editions 1796, 1803 and 1852. "
  8. Coleridge affixed the note: "Hymettian Flowrets. Hymettus, a mountain near Athens, celebrated for its honey" on line 4, in editions 1797 and 1803.
  9. Lines 260-357 were entitled as: "The Present State of Society" and published on March 9, 1796
  10. Parts III and IV were published in 1809, September 21, whereas parts I and II were only first published in 1893, thus the publication date reflects the publication of the poem in totality.
  11. Originally published without title.
  12. This poem however was originally printed before 1802, September 10, and preserved in a private autobiographical volume, and was only collected and published in the date stated. .
  13. The last stanza was published in 1836 entitled: "Uncomposed Poem".
  14. First published with prefaratory note 'The fact that in Greek Psyche is the common name for the soul, and the butterfly, is thus alluded to in the following stanzas from an unpublished poem of the Author'.
  15. Published as a part of Zapolya.
  16. First published as the conclusion of Coleridge's Essay: On the Constitution of Church and State.
  17. In 1834, however the last two lines were published.
  18. Date reflects date of collection, as, although stated to have been published within the literary remains, the edition was not stated, and the first publication date not found.
  19. Date reflects date of collection, as, although stated to have been published within the literary remains, the edition was not stated, and the first publication date not found.
  20. &c refers to 'Remarkable for his ears sticking out of his hairs.'.
  21. Did not contain Postcript in First Publication.
  22. &c refers to 'Comprised under the name of Ale.'
  23. Date reflects date of collection, as, although stated to have been published within the literary remains, the edition was not stated, and the first publication date not found

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Kubla Khan is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment." According to Coleridge's preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Shangdu, the summer capital of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China founded by Kublai Khan. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by "a person from Porlock". The poem could not be completed according to its original 200–300 line plan as the interruption caused him to forget the lines. He left it unpublished and kept it for private readings for his friends until 1816 when, at the prompting of Lord Byron, it was published.

"Monody on the Death of Chatterton" was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1790 and was rewritten throughout his lifetime. The poem deals with the idea of Thomas Chatterton, a poet who committed suicide, as representing the poetic struggle.

On Receiving an Account that his only Sister's Death was Inevitable was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1794, and deals with the death of Coleridge's step-sister Ann (1791), as well as that of his brother Luke (1790). A later poem, was written for Coleridge's friend Charles Lamb and seeks to comfort him after the loss of his sister.

Songs of the Pixies was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge during 1793. The poem describes Coleridge's summer vacation and his childhood home. It also incorporates Coleridge's own view of himself as a young poet.

"To the River Otter" is a sonnet by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Though its date of creation is uncertain, it was possibly composed in 1793. It deals with the image of the River Otter, near Coleridge's childhood home in Devon.

Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement is a poem written by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1796. Like his earlier poem The Eolian Harp, it discusses Coleridge's understanding of nature and his married life, which was suffering from problems that developed after the previous poem. Overall, the poem focuses on humanity's relationship with nature in its various aspects, ranging from experiencing an Edenic state to having to abandon a unity with nature in order to fulfill a moral obligation to humanity. The discussion of man's obligation to each other leads into a discussion on the difference between the life of a philosopher and the life of a poet. By the end of the poem, the narrator follows the philosophical path in a manner similar to what Coleridge sought to do. The response to the poem from critics was mostly positive, with many of them emphasizing the religious aspects of the work in their analysis.

Sonnets on Eminent Characters or Sonnets on Eminent Contemporaries is an 11-part sonnet series created by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and printed in the Morning Chronicle between 1 December 1794 and 31 January 1795. Although Coleridge promised to have at least 16 poems within the series, only one addition poem, "To Lord Stanhope", was published.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Erskine</span> Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1794

"To Erskine" or "To the Hon Mr Erskine" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in November 1794. The subject of the poem is Thomas Erskine, a lawyer and member of the Whig party, who successfully served in the defense of three political radicals during the 1794 Treason Trials. Coleridge admired Erskine's defense and praised his refusal to accept money for his service. The poem was published in the 1 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. It was later included in various collections of Coleridge's poetry published later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Burke</span>

"To Burke" is a sonnet by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in the 9 December 1794 Morning Chronicle. Unlike most of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters, "To Burke" describes a person whom Coleridge disagreed with; he felt Edmund Burke abused the idea of freedom within various speeches and turned his back on liberty.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Fayette</span>

"To Fayette" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 26 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. Coleridge, like other Romantic poets, viewed Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette as a hero of liberty for his part in the American and French revolutions. The poem coincides with Fayette's imprisonment in Austria, and he is treated as a martyr for liberty. The language Coleridge uses within the poem to describe Fayette and revolutions appears in many of his later works.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Kosciusko</span>

"To Kosciusko" is the name shared by three sonnets written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Leigh Hunt, and John Keats. Coleridge's, the original, was written in December 1794 and published in the 16 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as the fifth of his Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. Hunt and Keats were inspired to follow his poem with their own versions in November 1815 and December 1816, respectively. The sonnets were dedicated to heroism of Tadeusz Kościuszko, leader of the 1794 Polish rebellion against Prussian and Russian control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Pitt</span>

"To Pitt" is a political poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 26 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. Describing William Pitt the Younger and his role as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the poem is one of the few in the series that is not about a hero of Coleridge. Instead, Pitt is described as Judas, the betrayer of Christ, because of, among other issues, his treatment of political dissidents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Mrs Siddons</span>

"To Mrs Siddons" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 29 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. It describes Sarah Siddons, an actress Coleridge became fond of during his visits to London during college. The poem celebrates watching Siddons perform her various roles on stage. The actual authorship of the poem is uncertain, since it was attributed to Charles Lamb in various works. It is possible that Lamb and Coleridge worked on the poem together, and, if so, it would be one of Lamb's earliest works.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Sheridan</span>

"To Sheridan" or "To Richard Brinsley Sheridan" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 29 January 1795 Morning Chronicle. As the last poem running as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series, it describes Coleridge's appreciation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his theatre talents. Coleridge, unlike most, preferred Sheridan's somber works over his comedies and emphasizes them within the poem. Coleridge also respects Sheridan's political actions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">To Lord Stanhope</span>

"To Lord Stanhope" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was published in his 1796 collection of poems. The subject, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, had originally shared political views with Coleridge, but as time passed, Coleridge's views gradually shifted. By 1803, Coleridge was claiming that he did not want the poem published anymore and that it was originally intended to mock those who held the beliefs which Coleridge had held years earlier. It is part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series, although it was not published in the Morning Chronicle unlike the others in the series. There is, however, a possible predecessor sonnet to the 1796 version that some editors have attributed to Coleridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">English Romantic sonnets</span>

The sonnet was a popular form of poetry during the Romantic period: William Wordsworth wrote 523, John Keats 67, Samuel Taylor Coleridge 48, and Percy Bysshe Shelley 18. But in the opinion of Lord Byron sonnets were “the most puling, petrifying, stupidly platonic compositions”, at least as a vehicle for love poetry, and he wrote no more than five.

<i>Poems on Various Subjects</i>

Poems on Various Subjects (1796) was the first collection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including also a few sonnets by Charles Lamb. A second edition in 1797 added many more poems by Lamb and by Charles Lloyd, and a third edition appeared in 1803 with Coleridge's works only. All three editions included poems in Coleridge's early Miltonic style, such as his Religious Musings and Monody on the Death of Chatterton, alongside lyrics and some of his first conversation poems, such as The Eolian Harp, in a style suggested by the works of William Cowper. The book was on the whole well received by reviewers; modern critics value it more for its shorter and lighter poems than for its formal set-pieces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Devil's Thoughts</span> 1799 poem

"The Devil's Thoughts" is a satirical poem in common metre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1799, and expanded by Robert Southey in 1827 and retitled "The Devil's Walk". The narrative describes the Devil going walking and enjoying the sight of the various sins of mankind. The poem was imitated by Lord Byron in "The Devil's Drive", and by Percy Bysshe Shelley in "The Devil's Walk".

<i>Sibylline Leaves</i> 1817 volume of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems is a volume of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1817.

Love is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1799 as Introduction to the Tale of the Dark Ladie.

References

  1. "The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vol I and II".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)