Poems on Various Subjects
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Poems on Various Subjects

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.

Four sonnets are signed "C. L.", to indicate that they are by Charles Lamb.

Sonnets Attempted in the Manner of the Rev. W. L. Bowles:

Poems by Charles Lloyd

Poems on the Death of Priscilla Farmer:

Poems by Charles Lamb

Fragments:

Supplement [by Coleridge except where otherwise stated]

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