twenty-threepoemsthattransformedenglishpoetrywordsworthandcoleridgecomposedthispowerfulselectionofpoetryduringtheiryouthfulandintimatefriendship.reproducingthefirsteditionof1798,thiseditionoflyricalballadsallowsmodernreaderstorecapturethebooksoriginalimpact.inthesepoems-includingwordsworthslineswrittenafewmilesabovetinternabbeyandcoleridgestherimeoftheancyentmarinere-thetwopoetsexercisednewenergiesandopenedupnewthemes.