An Open Access Website to Discover the Variations of Coleridge's Famous Poem

Variations of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – 1798-1971

Throughout our research in Western University’s Archives and Special Collections, we came across multiple variations from 1798-1971. The following galleries and photobooks allow you to see the close details of each of the manuscripts

Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, et al., 1798

Poems, S.T. Coleridge, 1803

Edited 1798 Lyrical Ballads,”Rime of the Ancyent Marinere” w/ Coleridge’s glosses and further changes.

The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats, 1829

Poetical Works Vol. II, S.T. Coleridge, 1834

Ancient Mariner and Minor Poems, ed. J.M. Buchan, 1885

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, S.T. Coleridge; Illustrations by Gustave Doré

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, S.T. Coleridge; Illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, 1971