| MS. B. M. | = | MS. preserved in the British Museum. |
| MS. O. | = | MS. Ottery: i. e. a collection of juvenile poems in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge (circ. 1793). |
| MS. O. (c.) | = | MS. Ottery, No. 3: a transcript (circ. 1823) of a collection of juvenile poems by S. T. Coleridge. |
| MS. S. T. C. | = | A single MS. poem in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge. |
| MS. E. | = | MS. Estlin: i. e. a collection of juvenile poems in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge presented to Mrs. Estlin of Bristol circ. 1795. |
| MS. 4o | = | A collection of early poems in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge (circ. 1796). |
| MS. W. | = | An MS. in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge, now in the possession of Mr. Gordon Wordsworth. |
| MS. R. | = | MS. Rugby: i. e. in the possession of the Governors of Rugby School. |
| An. Anth. | = | Annual Anthology of 1800. |
| B. L. | = | Biographia Literaria. |
| C. I. | = | Cambridge Intelligencer. |
| E. M. | = | English Minstrelsy. |
| F. F. | = | Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, 1818. |
| F. O. | = | Friendship's Offering, 1834. |
| L. A. | = | Liber Aureus. |
| L. B. | = | Lyrical Ballads. |
| L. R. | = | Literary Remains. |
| M. C. | = | Morning Chronicle. |
| M. M. | = | Monthly Magazine. |
| M. P. | = | Morning Post. |
| P. R. | = | Poetical Register, 1802. |
| P. & D. W. | = | Poetical and Dramatic Works. |
| P. W. | = | Poetical Works. |
| S. L. | = | Sibylline Leaves (1817). |
| S. S. | = | Selection of Sonnets. |