Coleridge Family Papers. Vols. dcxii-dcxxix. Silva volumes. Many members of the Coleridge family kept these commonplace books, a habit instilled at Eton. The emphasis of the volumes was upon literary extracts, both prose and poetry, with some prayers, monumental inscriptions and other items of interest. In addition to shedding light upon the individual tastes of the volumes' compilers, these silvae gain an added value as a result of the close connections between the compilers and noted po...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxiii. 'Volume 2'; 1807. Some Greek and Latin. Contains Samuel Taylor Coleridge's letter and poem on mathematics, 'A Mathematical Problem', addressed to his brother George Coleridge. Other authors include Cowper, W. Crowe, W. Wordsworth, C. Sumner, Hawtrey, Patt...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxiv. 'Volume 5'; 1807-1808. Some Greek, Latin and Italian. Most of the authors are John Taylor Coleridge's schoolfellows, including John Patteson, E. James and H. H. Milman, and some of the poems arise from school life. Other authors include W. L. Bowles, W. H. ...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxv. 'Volume 7'; 1809. Some Greek and Latin. The volume includes John Keble's translation of the fourth Chorus of Antigone, 'Mahometanisms, from a poem on Mahomet', 'The death of Hannibal', 'To – on her sister's death', 'Song to –', 'To – on her birthday' and 'A t...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxvi. 'Miscellanea Volume 8'; 1811-1813. Some Greek, Latin, Italian and French. The volume includes one poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'Lines to W.L' (some variants). Poems by John Keble include 'To – with a copy of a prize poem', 'Stanzas addressed to a gloomy ...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxvii. 'Miscellanea'; 1813-1836. Some Greek, Latin and French. Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge include 'Fire, Famine and Slaughter' taken from the Annual Anthology (1800), and 'A Christmas Carol' (some variants). Poems by John Keble include 'Lines sent with a Pet...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxviii. 'Silva Miscellanea'; 1849-1872. Some Greek, Latin, Italian and French. The opening page contains an observation by John Taylor Coleridge that having discontinued the habit of maintaining silva volumes he returned to it in 1849, expressing a hope that it mi...
Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dcxix. 'Volume 1'; 1811-1814. Some Greek and Latin. Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge include 'The Two Round Spaces on the Tombstone' (variant title), 'Epitaph on an infant', 'Lines written at the Kings Arms Ross, formerly the house of the Man of Ross' (variants), '...