How did Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Lord Byron, and William Wordsworth respond to Anna Seward’s work?

The reception of Anna Seward’s work by these prominent Romantic figures was generally appreciative, though their engagement varied in nature:

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge demonstrated his regard for her poetry by including her work in his 1796 collection, Sonnets from Various Authors.1
• Robert Southey defended her literary standing, asserting that while she may have been overrated at one point, she had subsequently been unfairly depreciated.1
• Lord Byron engaged with her prose, specifically reading her letters and owning a copy of her Memoirs of Dr. Darwin.1
• William Wordsworth expressed a personal preference for her poetry, noting that despite its faults, her verses pleased him more than those of Anna Laetitia Barbauld.1

These interactions highlight Seward's significant presence within the literary circles of her time, even as her own carefully curated legacy was later compromised by heavy-handed posthumous editing of her correspondence.1