english poetry

Contains a selection of the most popular sonnets of Shakespeare, reproduced from "The Alexander Text of the Complete Works of Shakespeare," and includes the works of seven other sonneteers of the Elizabethan era, arranged chronologically according to their dates of birth.

A collection of songs and poems by eighteenth-century Scottish poet Robert Burns, selected from the 1969 work, "Burns Poems and Songs," complemented by reproductions of well-known works of art, and including a biographical introduction and a chronology of Burns's life.

A collection of verse by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, including some of his short poems and extracts from his longer works, complemented by paintings inspired by his descriptions of lakes, and including a biographical introduction and a chronology of Wordsworth's life.

A collection of poems by English Romantic poet John Keats selected from his published works, complemented by reproductions of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and including a biographical introduction and a chronology of Keats's short life.

A collection of verse by Victorian writer Joseph Rudyard Kipling selected from his mature work, illustrated with artwork inspired by the poetry, and including a biographical introduction and a chronology of Kipling's life.

At the request of his children, the author creates a descriptive poem evoking the sound and feel of water that flows on its way to a famous waterfall at Lodore in England.

Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

An anthology of poems about slavery, written between 1660 and 1810, featuring over four hundred poems and excerpts from longer works by more than 250 poets from America, Britain, and around the Atlantic, including women, African and African-American, and canonical writers.

Collection of poems that have appealed most often to 400 contemporary editors, critics, and poets for inclusion in their own anthologies.

A compilation of the works of William Blake, with textual notes and commentary.