Record Number: 33993
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
�...I did not and do not, admire any of his [Robert Southey�s] laureate poetry - (except the epicedian on the Princess, which is beautiful) nor agree with all his Articles in the Quarterly. Entre nous, I think he has retained, even in his ultra-toryism, and high-churchmanship, the fundamental error which made him, in the heat of youth, somewhat of a revolutionist; he expects a great deal more from positive institutions than God ever intended they should produce. ...�
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 6 Nov 1817 and 8 May 1836
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:19 Sep 1796
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet, essayist, teacher, biographer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Funeral Ode on the Death of the Princess Charlotte
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33993
Source:Hartley Coleridge
Editor:Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs
Title:Letters of Hartley Coleridge
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:190
Additional Comments:
Letter written to Hartley's cousin, Henry Nelson Coleridge, from Grasmere, dated May 8, 1836. The �epicedian� to which Hartley refers is probably Southey�s �Funeral Ode on the Death of the Princess Charlotte� (1817).
Citation:
Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 190, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33993, accessed: 08 February 2026
Additional Comments:
None
