english poetry

An illustrated edition of the classic poem, in which a British soldier recalls his experiences in the army in India and pays homage to the courage of the Indian water carrier Gunga Din.

Traces the progress of English poetry from Hardy, Housman, and Yeats to the current day.

Presents a children's rhyming picture book about the livesof the great dinosaurs including the Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus.

Rhythmic text in the tradition of the familiar nursery rhyme follows children through a busy day.

A collection of amusing verses by a variety of poets, including Emily Dickinson, Spike Milligan, Shakespeare, and others less well known.

Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.

A collection of poems, including "Mrs. Bhattarchaya's Chapati Zap Machine," "The Snake and the Apple," and "Freak Cat-flea.".

Illustrations portray a father and his child going fishing against a background of Stevenson's poem about nightly happenings in the light of the moon.

Presents fifteen nonsense limericks by nineteenth-century English author Edward Lear, accompanied by vivid illustrations.