Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798)

William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A joint collection pairs narrative poems with close attention to ordinary experience and the natural world. Read a complete poem to follow its voice and setting rather than treating a memorable line as a universal rule. The linked 1798 text includes the Ancient Mariner and Tintern Abbey, with older spelling and historical labels that benefit from context. Its speakers are not automatically the authors. This is related reading by two archive authors, not a claim that the electronic edition supplied Bartlett’s wording.

Who it suits

Readers who want to move from an isolated poetic line to a whole narrative or reflective poem.

Reading experience

Moderate to demanding; archaic spelling, changing speakers and some long narratives require patient reading. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.

The edition

Edition

English transcription of the 1798 London title-page edition, printed for J. & A. Arch; Project Gutenberg eBook 9622, released 2006 and updated 2021. This is distinct from the expanded 1800 collection.

Language

English

Publisher

J. & A. Arch (1798 title-page imprint)

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