Acknowledgements |
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11 | (1) |
Abbreviations |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (2) |
Introduction |
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15 | (23) |
William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge: A Chronology |
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38 | (6) |
A Note on the Text |
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44 | (1) |
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Lyrical Ballads, 1798 Edition |
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45 | (4) |
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47 | (2) |
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``The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere'' |
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49 | (24) |
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``The Foster-Mother's Tale, A Dramatic Fragment'' |
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73 | (3) |
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``Lines Left Upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree Which Stands Near the Lake of Esthwaite'' |
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76 | (2) |
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``The Nightingale, a Conversational Poem, Written in April, 1798'' |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (8) |
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``Goody Blake, and Harry Gill, A True Story'' |
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89 | (4) |
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``Lines written at a small distance from my House, and sent by my little Boy to the person to whom they are addressed'' |
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93 | (2) |
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``Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman'' |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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``Lines Written in Early Spring'' |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (8) |
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``The Last of the Flock'' |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (4) |
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118 | (15) |
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``Lines Written Near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening'' |
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133 | (1) |
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``Expostulation and Reply'' |
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134 | (2) |
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``The Tables Turned; an Evening Scene, on the Same Subject'' |
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136 | (1) |
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``Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay, A Sketch'' |
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137 | (1) |
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``The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman'' |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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``Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798'' |
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142 | (28) |
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Reviews of the 1798 Edition |
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148 | (1) |
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[ Robert Southey], Critical Review (October 1798) |
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148 | (2) |
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Monthly Mirror (October 1798) |
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150 | (1) |
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Analytical Review (December 1798) |
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150 | (1) |
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New Annual Register for 1798 (1799) |
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151 | (1) |
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Monthly Magazine (January 1799) |
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152 | (1) |
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New London Review (January 1799) |
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152 | (4) |
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[ Charles Burney], Monthly Review (June 1799) |
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156 | (6) |
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The British Critic (October 1799) |
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162 | (2) |
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Naval Chronicle (October and November 1799) |
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164 | (1) |
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Antijacobin Review (April 1800) |
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165 | (1) |
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[ Daniel Stuart], Morning Post (April 1800) |
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166 | (1) |
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[ Daniel Stuart], Courier (April 1800) |
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166 | (1) |
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[ Daniel Stuart], Courier (June 1800) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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Lyrical Ballads, 1800 Edition |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (121) |
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171 | (17) |
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``Expostulation and Reply'' |
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188 | (1) |
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``The Tables Turned; an Evening Scene, on the Same Subject'' |
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189 | (1) |
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``Animal Tranquillity & Decay, a Sketch'' |
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190 | (1) |
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``The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman'' |
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191 | (2) |
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``The Last of the Flock'' |
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193 | (3) |
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``Lines Left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree Which Stands Near the Lake of Esthwaite'' |
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196 | (2) |
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``The Foster-Mother's Tale, A Narration in Dramatic Blank Verse'' |
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198 | (3) |
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``Goody Blake & Harry Gill, A True Story'' |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (8) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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``Lines written at a small distance from my House, and sent by my little Boy to the Person to whom they are addressed'' |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (9) |
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227 | (1) |
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``Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman'' |
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228 | (3) |
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``Lines Written in early Spring'' |
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231 | (1) |
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``The Nightingale, Written in April, 1798'' |
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231 | (4) |
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``Lines Written when sailing in a Boat at Evening'' |
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235 | (1) |
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``Lines Written near Richmond upon the Thames'' |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (15) |
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253 | (3) |
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256 | (3) |
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``The Ancient Mariner, A Poet's Reverie'' |
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259 | (23) |
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``Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798'' |
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282 | (5) |
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287 | (4) |
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291 | (249) |
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293 | (6) |
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299 | (1) |
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``The Brothers, a Pastoral Poem'' |
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300 | (15) |
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``Ellen Irwin, or the Braes of Kirtle'' |
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315 | (1) |
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``Strange fits of passion I have known'' |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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``A slumber did my spirit seal'' |
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318 | (1) |
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``The Waterfall and the Eglantine'' |
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318 | (2) |
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``The Oak and the Broom, a Pastoral'' |
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320 | (3) |
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323 | (2) |
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``The Idle Shepherd-Boys, or Dungeon-Gill Force, a Pastoral'' |
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325 | (3) |
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```Tis said, that some have died for love'' |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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``Inscription for the Spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-Water'' |
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331 | (1) |
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``Inscription for the House (an Out-house) on the Island at Grasmere'' |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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``The Two Thieves, or the last Stage of Avarice'' |
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335 | (2) |
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``A whirl-blast from behind the hill'' |
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337 | (1) |
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``Song for the Wandering Jew'' |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (9) |
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``Lines Written with a Slate-pencil upon a Stone'' |
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348 | (1) |
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``Lines Written on a Tablet in a School'' |
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349 | (1) |
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``The Two April Mornings'' |
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350 | (2) |
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``The Fountain, a Conversation'' |
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352 | (2) |
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354 | (2) |
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``Three years she grew in sun and shower'' |
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356 | (1) |
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``The Pet-Lamb, a Pastoral'' |
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357 | (2) |
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``Written in Germany, On one of the coldest days of the Century'' |
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359 | (2) |
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361 | (1) |
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``The Old Cumberland Beggar, a Description'' |
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362 | (6) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (2) |
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``A Character, in the antithetical Manner'' |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (3) |
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``Poems on the Naming of Places'' |
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374 | (11) |
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``Michael, a Pastoral Poem'' |
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385 | (155) |
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398 | (2) |
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Reviews of the 1800 Edition |
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400 | (1) |
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[ John Stoddard], The British Critic (February 1801) |
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400 | (5) |
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Monthly Mirror (June 1801) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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Portfolio (December 1801) |
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407 | (1) |
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American Review and Literary Journal (January 1802) |
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407 | (1) |
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Monthly Review (June 1802) |
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408 | (1) |
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[ Francis Jeffrey], Edinburgh Review (October 1802) |
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409 | (8) |
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Edinburgh Magazine (July 1803) |
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417 | (2) |
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Appendix A: Additions to the 1802 Edition of Lyrical Ballads |
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419 | (1) |
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1. William Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads with Pastoral and other Poems (1802) |
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419 | (6) |
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2. William Wordsworth, ``Appendix:---by what is usually called Poetic Diction'' (1802) |
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425 | (5) |
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Appendix B: Poems by Coleridge Originally Intended for Lyrical Ballads |
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430 | (1) |
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1. ``Lewti, or the Circassian Love-Chant'' |
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431 | (2) |
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2. ``Introduction to the Tale of the Dark Ladie'' |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (19) |
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Appendix C: Correspondence about Lyrical Ballads |
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453 | (1) |
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1. Samuel Coleridge to Joseph Cottle (8 June 1797) |
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453 | (1) |
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2. Samuel Coleridge to Joseph Cottle (ca. 3 July 1797) |
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454 | (1) |
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3. Dorothy Wordsworth to Mary Hutchinson (ca. June 1797) |
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454 | (1) |
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4. Samuel Coleridge to Joseph Cottle (13 March 1798) |
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455 | (1) |
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5. Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth to Joseph Cottle (ca. 28 May 1798) |
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456 | (1) |
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6. William Wordsworth to Joseph Cottle (2 June 1799) |
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457 | (1) |
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7. Dorothy Wordsworth to Mrs. John Marshall (10 and 12 September 1800) |
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458 | (1) |
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8. Samuel Coleridge to Humphry Davy (9 October 1800) |
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459 | (1) |
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9. William Wordsworth to Charles James Fox (14 January 1801) |
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459 | (2) |
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10. Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth (30 January 1801) |
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461 | (2) |
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11. Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning (15 February 1801) |
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463 | (1) |
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12. William Wordsworth to Samuel Coleridge (early March 1801) |
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464 | (1) |
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13. Charles James Fox to William Wordsworth (25 May 1801) |
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465 | (1) |
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14. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Bedford (19 August 1801) |
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465 | (1) |
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15. Samuel Coleridge to William Sotheby (13 July 1802) |
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466 | (1) |
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16. Samuel Coleridge to Robert Southey (July 1802) |
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466 | (1) |
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17. Samuel Coleridge to Thomas Poole (14 October 1803) |
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467 | (2) |
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Appendix D: Commentary on Lyrical Ballads |
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469 | (1) |
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1. From Samuel Coleridge, Biographia Literaria (1817) |
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469 | (6) |
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2. From William Hazlitt, ``My First Acquaintance With Poets'' (1823) |
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475 | (6) |
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3. From William Wordsworth, Notes Dictated to Isabella Fenwick (1857) |
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481 | (6) |
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Appendix E: The Dispersal of Lyrical Ballads into the Collected Works of Coleridge and Wordsworth |
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487 | (6) |
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Appendix F: Prose Contemporaries |
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493 | (1) |
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1. From Joshua Reynolds, A Discourse, Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy (1771) |
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493 | (2) |
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2. From James Beattie, Essays: On Poetry and Music, as they Affect the Mind (1776) |
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495 | (1) |
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3. From Erasmus Darwin, ``Interlude I,'' The Botanic Garden (1789) |
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496 | (2) |
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4. From George Dyer, Complaints of the Poor People of England (1793) |
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498 | (2) |
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5. From Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794-96) |
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500 | (1) |
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6. From Joanna Baillie, ``Introductory Discourse'' to A Series of Plays (1798-1812) |
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500 | (2) |
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7. From Mary Wollstonecraft, ``On Poetry'' (1798) |
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502 | (2) |
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8. From Edmund Burke, Thoughts and Details on Scarcity (1800) |
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504 | (2) |
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Appendix G: Verse Contemporaries |
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506 | (1) |
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1. From George Crabbe, The Village (1783) |
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506 | (3) |
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2. Charlotte Smith, ``Sonnet III: To a Nightingale'' (1784) |
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509 | (1) |
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3. From William Cowper, The Task (1785) |
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509 | (3) |
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4. Helen Maria Williams, ``To Sensibility'' (1786) |
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512 | (2) |
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5. [ William Wordsworth], ``Sonnet on seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep at a Tale of Distress'' (1787) |
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514 | (1) |
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6. From Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden (1789) |
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515 | (2) |
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7. Gottfried August Burger, ``Lenora'' (1796) |
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517 | (8) |
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8. Charlotte Smith, ``Sonnet LXX: On being cautioned against walking on an headland overlooking the sea, because it was frequented by a Lunatic'' (1797) |
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525 | (1) |
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9. Robert Southey, ``Inscription III. For a Cavern that overlooks the River Avon'' (1797) |
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526 | (1) |
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10. From Joanna Baillie, De Monfort, a Tragedy (1798-1812) |
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526 | (1) |
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11. Robert Southey, ``The Idiot'' (1798) |
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527 | (2) |
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12. Thomas Beddoes, ``Domiciliary Verses: December 1795'' (1799) |
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529 | (1) |
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13. Robert Southey, ``The Mad Woman'' (1799) |
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530 | (2) |
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14. Robert Southey, ``English Eclogues: Eclogue IV: The Sailor's Mother'' (1799) |
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532 | (5) |
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15. Mary Robinson, ``The Haunted Beach'' (1800) |
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537 | (3) |
Appendix H: Mapping the Poems |
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540 | (6) |
Select Bibliography |
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