The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEReading editionChapter navigation292 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEIntroductory materialANONYMOUSROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNEJOHN BARBOURGEOFFREY CHAUCERTHOMAS HOCCLEVEJOHN LYDGATEKING JAMES I OF SCOTLANDROBERT HENRYSONWILLIAM DUNBARANONYMOUSJOHN SKELTONSTEPHEN HAWESSIR THOMAS WYATTHENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREYNICHOLAS GRIMALDALEXANDER SCOTTROBERT WEVERRICHARD EDWARDESGEORGE GASCOIGNEALEXANDER MONTGOMERIEWILLIAM STEVENSONANONYMOUS (SCOTTISH)NICHOLAS BRETONNICHOLAS BRETON?SIR WALTER RALEIGHEDMUND SPENSERJOHN LYLYANTHONY MUNDAYSIR PHILIP SIDNEYFULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKETHOMAS LODGEGEORGE PEELEROBERT GREENEALEXANDER HUMEGEORGE CHAPMANROBERT SOUTHWELLHENRY CONSTABLESAMUEL DANIELMARK ALEXANDER BOYDJOSHUA SYLVESTERMICHAEL DRAYTONCHRISTOPHER MARLOWEWILLIAM SHAKESPEARERICHARD ROWLANDSTHOMAS NASHETHOMAS CAMPIONJOHN REYNOLDSSIR HENRY WOTTONSIR JOHN DAVIESSIR ROBERT AYTONBEN JONSONJOHN DONNERICHARD BARNEFIELDTHOMAS DEKKERTHOMAS HEYWOODJOHN FLETCHERJOHN WEBSTERWILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLINGPHINEAS FLETCHERSIR JOHN BEAUMONTWILLIAM DRUMMOND, OF HAWTHORNDENGILES FLETCHERFRANCIS BEAUMONTJOHN FORDGEORGE WITHERWILLIAM BROWNE, OF TAVISTOCKROBERT HERRICKFRANCIS QUARLESHENRY KING, BISHOP OF CHICHESTERGEORGE HERBERTJAMES SHIRLEYTHOMAS CAREWJASPER MAYNEWILLIAM HABINGTONTHOMAS RANDOLPHSIR WILLIAM DAVENANTEDMUND WALLERJOHN MILTONFrom ‘Comus’SIR JOHN SUCKLINGSIR RICHARD FANSHAWEWILLIAM CARTWRIGHTJAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSETHOMAS JORDANRICHARD CRASHAWRICHARD LOVELACEABRAHAM COWLEYALEXANDER BROMEANDREW MARVELLHENRY VAUGHANJOHN BUNYANBALLADS AND SONGS BY UNKNOWN AUTHORSWILLIAM STRODETHOMAS STANLEYTHOMAS D’URFEYCHARLES COTTONKATHERINE PHILIPS (‘ORINDA’)JOHN DRYDENCHARLES WEBBESIR GEORGE ETHEREGETHOMAS TRAHERNETHOMAS FLATMANCHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSETSIR CHARLES SEDLEYAPHRA BEHNJOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTERJOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRETHOMAS OTWAYJOHN OLDHAMJOHN CUTTS, LORD CUTTSMATTHEW PRIORWILLIAM WALSHLADY GRISEL BAILLIEWILLIAM CONGREVEJOSEPH ADDISONISAAC WATTSTHOMAS PARNELLALLAN RAMSAYWILLIAM OLDYSJOHN GAYALEXANDER POPEGEORGE BUBB DODINGTON, LORD MELCOMBEHENRY CAREYWILLIAM BROOMEJAMES THOMSONGEORGE LYTTELTON, LORD LYTTELTONSAMUEL JOHNSONRICHARD JAGOTHOMAS GRAYWILLIAM COLLINSMARK AKENSIDETOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETTCHRISTOPHER SMARTJANE ELLIOTOLIVER GOLDSMITHROBERT CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM OF GARTMOREWILLIAM COWPERJAMES BEATTIEISOBEL PAGANANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULDFANNY GREVILLEJOHN LOGANLADY ANNE LINDSAYSIR WILLIAM JONESTHOMAS CHATTERTONGEORGE CRABBEWILLIAM BLAKEROBERT BURNSHENRY ROWEWILLIAM LISLE BOWLESJOANNA BAILLIEMARY LAMBCAROLINA, LADY NAIRNEJAMES HOGGWILLIAM WORDSWORTHSIR WALTER SCOTTSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEPart IPart IIPart IIIPart IVPart VPart VIPart VIIROBERT SOUTHEYWALTER SAVAGE LANDORCHARLES LAMBTHOMAS CAMPBELLTHOMAS MOOREEDWARD THURLOW, LORD THURLOWEBENEZER ELLIOTTALLAN CUNNINGHAMLEIGH HUNTTHOMAS LOVE PEACOCKCAROLINE SOUTHEYGEORGE GORDON BYRON, LORD BYRONSIR AUBREY DE VERECHARLES WOLFEPERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYHEW AINSLIEJOHN KEBLEJOHN CLAREFELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANSJOHN KEATSJEREMIAH JOSEPH CALLANANWILLIAM SIDNEY WALKERGEORGE DARLEYHARTLEY COLERIDGETHOMAS HOODWILLIAM THOMSIR HENRY TAYLORTHOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, LORD MACAULAYWILLIAM BARNESWINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAEDSARA COLERIDGEGERALD GRIFFINJAMES CLARENCE MANGANTHOMAS LOVELL BEDDOESRALPH WALDO EMERSONRICHARD HENRY HORNEROBERT STEPHEN HAWKERTHOMAS WADEFRANCIS MAHONYELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNINGFREDERICK TENNYSONHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIERHELEN SELINA, LADY DUFFERINCAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH NORTONCHARLES TENNYSON TURNEREDGAR ALLAN POEEDWARD FITZGERALDALFRED TENNYSON, LORD TENNYSONPart IPart IIPart IIIPart IVRICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, LORD HOUGHTONHENRY ALFORDSIR SAMUEL FERGUSONROBERT BROWNINGWILLIAM BELL SCOTTAUBREY DE VEREGEORGE FOXEMILY BRONTËCHARLES KINGSLEYARTHUR HUGH CLOUGHWALT WHITMANJOHN RUSKINEBENEZER JONESFREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSONMATTHEW ARNOLDWILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDSWILLIAM PHILPOTWILLIAM (JOHNSON) CORYCOVENTRY PATMORESYDNEY DOBELLWILLIAM ALLINGHAMGEORGE MAC DONALDDANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTIGEORGE MEREDITHALEXANDER SMITHCHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTITHOMAS EDWARD BROWNEDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON, EARL OF LYTTONJAMES THOMSONWILLIAM MORRISRODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOELTHOMAS ASHETHEODORE WATTS-DUNTONALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSBRET HARTEJOHN TODHUNTERWILFRID SCAWEN BLUNTHENRY AUSTIN DOBSONHENRY CLARENCE KENDALLARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR O’SHAUGHNESSYJOHN BOYLE O’REILLYROBERT BRIDGESANDREW LANGWILLIAM ERNEST HENLEYEDMUND GOSSEROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONT. W. ROLLESTONJOHN DAVIDSONWILLIAM WATSONHENRY CHARLES BEECHINGBLISS CARMANDOUGLAS HYDEARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSONHENRY NEWBOLTGILBERT PARKERWILLIAM BUTLER YEATSRUDYARD KIPLINGRICHARD LE GALLIENNELAURENCE BINYONGEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL (‘A. E.’)T. STURGE MOOREFRANCIS THOMPSONHENRY CUSTKATHARINE TYNAN HINKSONFRANCES BANNERMANALICE MEYNELLDORA SIGERSONMARGARET L. WOODSR. D. BLACKMOREINDEX OF AUTHORSINDEX OF FIRST LINESPrevious chapter ←SIR WALTER SCOTTNext chapter →Part IAll chapters and sections (292)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsANONYMOUSROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNEJOHN BARBOURGEOFFREY CHAUCERTHOMAS HOCCLEVEJOHN LYDGATEKING JAMES I OF SCOTLANDROBERT HENRYSONWILLIAM DUNBARANONYMOUSJOHN SKELTONSTEPHEN HAWESSIR THOMAS WYATTHENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREYNICHOLAS GRIMALDALEXANDER SCOTTROBERT WEVERRICHARD EDWARDESGEORGE GASCOIGNEALEXANDER MONTGOMERIEWILLIAM STEVENSONANONYMOUS (SCOTTISH)NICHOLAS BRETONNICHOLAS BRETON?SIR WALTER RALEIGHEDMUND SPENSERJOHN LYLYANTHONY MUNDAYSIR PHILIP SIDNEYFULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKETHOMAS LODGEGEORGE PEELEROBERT GREENEALEXANDER HUMEGEORGE CHAPMANROBERT SOUTHWELLHENRY CONSTABLESAMUEL DANIELMARK ALEXANDER BOYDJOSHUA SYLVESTERMICHAEL DRAYTONCHRISTOPHER MARLOWEWILLIAM SHAKESPEARERICHARD ROWLANDSTHOMAS NASHETHOMAS CAMPIONJOHN REYNOLDSSIR HENRY WOTTONSIR JOHN DAVIESSIR ROBERT AYTONBEN JONSONJOHN DONNERICHARD BARNEFIELDTHOMAS DEKKERTHOMAS HEYWOODJOHN FLETCHERJOHN WEBSTERWILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLINGPHINEAS FLETCHERSIR JOHN BEAUMONTWILLIAM DRUMMOND, OF HAWTHORNDENGILES FLETCHERFRANCIS BEAUMONTJOHN FORDGEORGE WITHERWILLIAM BROWNE, OF TAVISTOCKROBERT HERRICKFRANCIS QUARLESHENRY KING, BISHOP OF CHICHESTERGEORGE HERBERTJAMES SHIRLEYTHOMAS CAREWJASPER MAYNEWILLIAM HABINGTONTHOMAS RANDOLPHSIR WILLIAM DAVENANTEDMUND WALLERJOHN MILTONFrom ‘Comus’SIR JOHN SUCKLINGSIR RICHARD FANSHAWEWILLIAM CARTWRIGHTJAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSETHOMAS JORDANRICHARD CRASHAWRICHARD LOVELACEABRAHAM COWLEYALEXANDER BROMEANDREW MARVELLHENRY VAUGHANJOHN BUNYANBALLADS AND SONGS BY UNKNOWN AUTHORSWILLIAM STRODETHOMAS STANLEYTHOMAS D’URFEYCHARLES COTTONKATHERINE PHILIPS (‘ORINDA’)JOHN DRYDENCHARLES WEBBESIR GEORGE ETHEREGETHOMAS TRAHERNETHOMAS FLATMANCHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSETSIR CHARLES SEDLEYAPHRA BEHNJOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTERJOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRETHOMAS OTWAYJOHN OLDHAMJOHN CUTTS, LORD CUTTSMATTHEW PRIORWILLIAM WALSHLADY GRISEL BAILLIEWILLIAM CONGREVEJOSEPH ADDISONISAAC WATTSTHOMAS PARNELLALLAN RAMSAYWILLIAM OLDYSJOHN GAYALEXANDER POPEGEORGE BUBB DODINGTON, LORD MELCOMBEHENRY CAREYWILLIAM BROOMEJAMES THOMSONGEORGE LYTTELTON, LORD LYTTELTONSAMUEL JOHNSONRICHARD JAGOTHOMAS GRAYWILLIAM COLLINSMARK AKENSIDETOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETTCHRISTOPHER SMARTJANE ELLIOTOLIVER GOLDSMITHROBERT CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM OF GARTMOREWILLIAM COWPERJAMES BEATTIEISOBEL PAGANANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULDFANNY GREVILLEJOHN LOGANLADY ANNE LINDSAYSIR WILLIAM JONESTHOMAS CHATTERTONGEORGE CRABBEWILLIAM BLAKEROBERT BURNSHENRY ROWEWILLIAM LISLE BOWLESJOANNA BAILLIEMARY LAMBCAROLINA, LADY NAIRNEJAMES HOGGWILLIAM WORDSWORTHSIR WALTER SCOTTSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEParts1234567Part 7 · Other sectionsROBERT SOUTHEYWALTER SAVAGE LANDORCHARLES LAMBTHOMAS CAMPBELLTHOMAS MOOREEDWARD THURLOW, LORD THURLOWEBENEZER ELLIOTTALLAN CUNNINGHAMLEIGH HUNTTHOMAS LOVE PEACOCKCAROLINE SOUTHEYGEORGE GORDON BYRON, LORD BYRONSIR AUBREY DE VERECHARLES WOLFEPERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYHEW AINSLIEJOHN KEBLEJOHN CLAREFELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANSJOHN KEATSJEREMIAH JOSEPH CALLANANWILLIAM SIDNEY WALKERGEORGE DARLEYHARTLEY COLERIDGETHOMAS HOODWILLIAM THOMSIR HENRY TAYLORTHOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, LORD MACAULAYWILLIAM BARNESWINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAEDSARA COLERIDGEGERALD GRIFFINJAMES CLARENCE MANGANTHOMAS LOVELL BEDDOESRALPH WALDO EMERSONRICHARD HENRY HORNEROBERT STEPHEN HAWKERTHOMAS WADEFRANCIS MAHONYELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNINGFREDERICK TENNYSONHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIERHELEN SELINA, LADY DUFFERINCAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH NORTONCHARLES TENNYSON TURNEREDGAR ALLAN POEEDWARD FITZGERALDALFRED TENNYSON, LORD TENNYSONPart 1 · Parts1Part 2 · Parts2Part 3 · Parts3Part 4 · Parts4Part 4 · Other sectionsRICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, LORD HOUGHTONHENRY ALFORDSIR SAMUEL FERGUSONROBERT BROWNINGWILLIAM BELL SCOTTAUBREY DE VEREGEORGE FOXEMILY BRONTËCHARLES KINGSLEYARTHUR HUGH CLOUGHWALT WHITMANJOHN RUSKINEBENEZER JONESFREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSONMATTHEW ARNOLDWILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDSWILLIAM PHILPOTWILLIAM (JOHNSON) CORYCOVENTRY PATMORESYDNEY DOBELLWILLIAM ALLINGHAMGEORGE MAC DONALDDANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTIGEORGE MEREDITHALEXANDER SMITHCHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTITHOMAS EDWARD BROWNEDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON, EARL OF LYTTONJAMES THOMSONWILLIAM MORRISRODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOELTHOMAS ASHETHEODORE WATTS-DUNTONALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSBRET HARTEJOHN TODHUNTERWILFRID SCAWEN BLUNTHENRY AUSTIN DOBSONHENRY CLARENCE KENDALLARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR O’SHAUGHNESSYJOHN BOYLE O’REILLYROBERT BRIDGESANDREW LANGWILLIAM ERNEST HENLEYEDMUND GOSSEROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONT. W. ROLLESTONJOHN DAVIDSONWILLIAM WATSONHENRY CHARLES BEECHINGBLISS CARMANDOUGLAS HYDEARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSONHENRY NEWBOLTGILBERT PARKERWILLIAM BUTLER YEATSRUDYARD KIPLINGRICHARD LE GALLIENNELAURENCE BINYONGEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL (‘A. E.’)T. STURGE MOOREFRANCIS THOMPSONHENRY CUSTKATHARINE TYNAN HINKSONFRANCES BANNERMANALICE MEYNELLDORA SIGERSONMARGARET L. WOODSR. D. BLACKMOREINDEX OF AUTHORSINDEX OF FIRST LINES1772-1834◇549.◇The Rime of the Ancient Mariner← SIR WALTER SCOTTPart I →