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To Mrs Siddons
"To Mrs Siddons" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 29 December 1794 ''Morning Chronicle'' as part of the ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' series. It describes Sarah Siddons, an actress that Coleridge became fond of during his visits to London during college. The poem celebrates watching Siddons perform her various roles on stage. It is uncertain as to the actual authorship of the poem, since it was attributed to Charles Lamb in various works. It is possible that Lamb and Coleridge worked on the poem together, and it would represent one of Lamb's earliest works.
==Background==
Mrs Siddons, as Coleridge refers to her, was an actress that he became aware of during his college years. In his letters to his childhood friend Mary Evans, Coleridge would mention various performances that he witnessed when he would slip into London.〔Holmes 1989 p. 50〕 The sonnet dedicated to her, "To Mrs Siddons", is the eighth poem of Coleridge's ''Sonnets on Eminent Characters'' series, printed in the 29 December 1794 ''Morning Chronicle'' as written by Coleridge. However, it is uncertain as to who originally wrote the poem. In a letter written by Lamb in June 1796, he speaks of the poem as if it was originally written by him and edited by Coleridge. When the poem was printed in Coleridge's 1796 collection of poems, it is attributed to Lamb. When the poem was to be printed in Coleridge's 1803 edition of poems, Lamb did not claim ownership of the poem.〔Mays 2001 p. 164〕
The poem was edited by someone between its various printings but with few changes. The poem was also not included in Lamb's 1798 or 1818 collections of poems, but Coleridge did not include the poem in any of his later collections of poems. Although the true authorship is unknown, it is possible that the poem was jointly written by Coleridge and Lamb, and that neither was able to determine who had the true ownership over the poem. Lamb separated the poem from his other sonnets, and later editors attributed the work as a joint creation of both poems. J.C.C. Mays points out the evidence of a joint authorship and claims, "It is less likely that () wrote it entirely, gave it to () to meet his newspaper obligations, and then had no interest in claiming it for his own, since he did think it worth preserving in () 1803 volume."〔
Regardless of the role that each of the poets had within the poem, "To Mrs Siddons" is considered one of Lamb's earliest known poems.〔Lindop 1990 p. 109〕 However, the poems have been seen as different from Lamb's other poems, as William Hazlitt, Lamb's contemporary, points out: "Lamb's first compositions were in verse—produced slowly, at long intervals,—and with self-distrust, which the encouragements of Coleridge could not subdue. With the exception of a sonnet to Mrs. Siddons, whose acting, () had made a deep impression upon him, they were exclusively personal."〔Hazlitt 1854 p. 251〕
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