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Cover of The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English

The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English

Sappho

The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)

The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The volume is the second half of a scholarly edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetic output,…

Cover of Jubelklangen: Andliga sånger

Jubelklangen: Andliga sånger

Jubelklangen : $b Andliga sånger är en samling heliga sånger och hymner på svenska, varav varje sång är…

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition

Rudyard Kipling

唐才子傳

唐才子傳

Xin, Wenfang, active 13th century-14th century

The Poetical Works of John Milton

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton

The volume gathers the complete poetic output of John Milton, presenting his early “Minor Poems” as they…

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3

Burton Egbert Stevenson

The Home Book of Verse – Volume 3 is a sprawling anthology that gathers together a wide variety of…

Cover of The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules
 Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

Hesiod

The volume presents a nineteenth‑century English rendering of Hesiod’s Theogony and the fragmentary “Shield…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

Various

The Atlantic Monthly’s June 1866 issue presents a sprawling, episodic narrative that opens in the modest…

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

The volume is a nineteenth‑century anthology assembled by James Henry Dixon for the Percy Society, presenting…

Cover of The New Poetry: An Anthology

The New Poetry: An Anthology

The New Poetry: An Anthology gathers the work of contemporary poets who, in the eyes of…

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Cane

Jean Toomer

Cane is a modernist work that blends poetry, short story, and drama to portray the lives of African‑American…

The Congo, and Other Poems

The Congo, and Other Poems

Vachel Lindsay

The volume The Congo, and Other Poems is a 1914 collection by Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay, assembled under…

A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems

A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems

A. B. S. Tennyson

A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems is a single‑volume collection by A. B. S.

Cover of The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684

The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684

The volume gathers a broad selection of Cavalier ballads printed between 1642 and 1684, a period that spans…

The old Hanging Fork, and other poems

The old Hanging Fork, and other poems

George W. Doneghy

Cover of Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3)
 Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil

W. Y. Sellar

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil is a scholarly study by William Young Sellar that situates Virgil…

The Amores; or, Amours Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes

The Amores; or, Amours Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes

Ovid

The work before you is a literal English prose rendering of Ovid’s Amores, the poet’s celebrated collection…

Lays of Ancient Rome

Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay

The work is a scholarly essay on the poetic foundations of Rome’s early history, written by Thomas Babington…

Cover of The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 05 (of 12)

The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 05 (of 12)

William Hazlitt

The volume is the fifth in a twelve‑part collected edition of William Hazlitt’s writings, gathering his…

The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem

The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem

Luís de Camões

The Lusiad is Luís de Camões’s grand epic poem that celebrates Portugal’s Age of Discovery, focusing on Vasco…

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood

The volume gathers the poetic output of Thomas Hood, the English poet whose life unfolded against a backdrop…

Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England

Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England

W. W. Greg

Greg W. W. Walter Wilson’s work is a scholarly investigation into the development of pastoral literature,…