The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Including Poems and Versions of Poems Herein Published for the First Time ; Ed. with Textual and Bibliographical Notes by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

This scholarly edition, published by Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press in 1912, was prepared by Ernest Hartley Coleridge, the poet's grandson. It was intended to serve as a definitive, textually rigorous collection of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s verse, incorporating manuscript findings that had surfaced in the decades following the poet’s death. The project was rooted in a late-Victorian and Edwardian tradition of literary preservation, aiming to consolidate the scattered, often fragmentary corpus of the Romantic poet into a single, reliable reference for scholars and enthusiasts alike.

The editorial design focuses on bibliographical precision, with Ernest Hartley Coleridge utilizing his unique family access to provide extensive notes and chronologies that contextualize the evolution of individual poems. The work was received by the academic community of the early 20th century as an essential correction to earlier, less disciplined anthologies. By prioritizing textual authority and the inclusion of previously unpublished drafts, the edition helped cement the modern understanding of Coleridge’s complex and often iterative creative process.