Poetry books

This long-awaited new edition is designed to bring the book into the 21st century--while leaving the poem as firmly...  Read More >>

The Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from Mesopotamia, is considered the world's first truly great work of literature....  Read More >>

Edited with an Introduction by Arthur Sherbo.  Read More >>

Experience the lyrical beauty and burgeoning national identity of 19th-century Canada through the poetry of Charles...  Read More >>

<b>Charles Kingsley was one of the most influential members of the Church of England during the 19th century, and...  Read More >>

[...]snowy white. Into the world of commerce go and mark the ways of business men; forget the list of things you...  Read More >>

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace from Horace. Leading Roman lyric poet (65-8B.C.).  Read More >>

A scholarly edition of a complete collation of the original sheets of The Spectator. The edition presents an authoritative...  Read More >>

Explore the vibrant literary landscape of 17th-century England with William Winstanley's ""Lives of the Most Famous...  Read More >>

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.  Read More >>

Gather 'round the hearth and immerse yourself in the warmth of ""In the Yule-Log Glow, Book 1: Christmas Tales from...  Read More >>

First published in 1861, this volume contains some of the best of songs and lyrical poems in the English language....  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

This is the hour when all substantial foes Are exorcised and taunt the soul no more; Now thinner grows the veil...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Explore the rich tapestry of love, loss, and beauty in ""Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles,"" a collection showcasing the...  Read More >>

Discover the roots of Romanticism in ""A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century,"" a detailed...  Read More >>

Just a changing sea of colour Surging up and flowing down; And pagodas shining golden, night and noon; And a sun-burst-tinted...  Read More >>

Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was an American poet. It is high-flown, heavily decorated and solemn, but its solemnity...  Read More >>

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Excerpt: ... look lots like yer mother: Purty much same in size; And about the same complected; and favor about...  Read More >>

""Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems"" transports readers to 17th-century Scotland through stirring...  Read More >>

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Milton's genealogy has taxed the zeal and acumen of many investigators. He himself merely claims a respectable ancestry...  Read More >>

Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley  Read More >>