Lenore [by Edgar Allan Poe] [1886]

"Lenore" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, "A Paean", and was not published as "Lenore" until 1843. The poem discusses proper decorum in the wake of the death of a young woman, described as "the queenliest dead that ever died so young. The volume is beautifully illustrated by H.Y. Sandham, A.R.A

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The Listeners, And Other Poems [by Walter De La Mare] [1916]

Walter John De La Mare [25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956] was an English poet, short story writer and  novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children and for his poem "The Listeners". He also wrote some subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep". His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction[2] and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. The Listeners, And Other Poems  by Walter De La Mare was published in 1916.


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A Miscellany Of Poetry [by William Kean Seymour] [1919]

William Kean Seymour [1887–1975] was an English writer , by profession he was a bank manager. He was a prolific poet and critic, novelist, journalist and literary editor. He was married to the novelist and short story writer Beatrice Kean Seymour.

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Poetry Of Life [by Bliss Carman] [1905]

William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet born in Fredericton, in the Maritime province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. As with many Canadian poets, nature figures prominently as a theme in his work. In his time, he was arguably Canada's best known poet, and was dubbed by some the "unofficial poet laureate of Canada."

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Poetry Of Life [by William B. Tappan] [1850]

William Bingham Tappan [1794-1849] was an American poet, clock maker, pastor, and evangelist. In 1822, he became Superintendent of the Amer­i­can Sun­day School Union. In 1849, he was or­dained as a Congrega­tional min­is­ter. His works in­clude Poetry of the Heart [1845] and Poetry Of Life  [1850]

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The Sunken Garden, And Other Poems [by Walter De La Mare] [1917]

Walter John De La Mare [25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956] was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children and for his poem "The Listeners". He also wrote some subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep". His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction[2] and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. The Sunken Garden, And Other Poems by Walter De La Mare was published in 1917.

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Dramatic And Early Poems [by Matthew Arnold] [1902]

Matthew Arnold [1822-1888] was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.  Arnold is sometimes called the third great Victorian poet, along with Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning. Arnold was keenly aware of his place in poetry.

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A Child's Day; A Book Of Rhymes [by Walter De La Mare] [1923]

Walter John De La Mare [25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956] was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children and for his poem "The Listeners". He also wrote some subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep". His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction[2] and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. A Child's Day [A Book Of Rhymes] by Walter De La Mare was published in 1923 and comes beautifully illustrated by Winifred Bromhall.



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Songs of Action [by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle [22 May 1859-7 July 1930] was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He was also a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure.

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Crossways [by W. B. Yeats]

Crossways [1889] was the first collection of poetry by Irish-born poet William Butler Yeats. Many decades before his mysterious and austere Modernist verse earned him a nobel prize, Yeats achieved renown as one of the last major poets in the High Romantic tradition. These poems showcase his Celtic imagination, his love for Irish folk-tales, and his commitment to the Romantic ideal of love.

01 - The Song of the Happy Shepherd
02 - The Sad Shepherd
03 - The Cloak, The Boat and The Shoes
04 - Anashuya and Vijaya
05 - The Indian Upon God
06 - The Indian To His Love
07 - The Falling of the Leaves
08 - Ephemera
09 - The Madness of King Goll
10 - The Stolen Child
11 - To an Isle in the Water
12 - Down by the Salley Gardens
13 - The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
14 - The Ballad of John O'Hart
15 - The Ballad of Moll Magee
16 - The Ballad of the Foxhunter

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The Black Panther; A Book Of Poems [by John Hall Wheelock] [1922]

John Hall Wheelock [September 9, 1886 – March 22, 1978] was an American poet. Wheelock was born in Far Rockaway, New York, and brought up in the neighborhood now occupied by Rockefeller Center. Wheelock's parents encouraged his reading and memorization of poetry from an early age. Wheelock published 14 volumes of poetry, including This Blessed Earth: New and Selected Poems 1927–1977 (1978), By Daylight and In Dream: New and Collected Poems, 1904–1970 (1970), The Gardener and Other Poems (1961), The Black Panther: A Book of Poems (1922), and The Human Fantasy (1911). He was also the author of the prose volume What Is Poetry? (1963).

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Poems [by May Probyn] [1891]

Juliana Mary Louisa Probyn, known as May Probyn [12 April 1856 – 29 March 1909], was an Victorian English poet.  She is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Mortlake. May Probyn is best known for her poem "Is it nothing to you" which is included in this anyhology published in 1895.

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Down Adown Derry [A Book of Fairy Poems] [by Walter De La Mare] [1922]

Walter John De La Mare [25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956] was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children and for his poem "The Listeners". He also wrote some subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep". His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction[2] and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. Down Adown Derry [A Book of Fairy Poems] by Walter De La Mare was published in 1922 and comes beautifully illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.

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Images Of War [by Richard Aldington] [1919]

Richard Aldington [8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962], born Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet. Aldington was known best for his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel, Death of a Hero, and the controversy resulting from his 1955 Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Inquiry. He joined the army during 1916, was commissioned in the Royal Sussex Regiment during 1917 and was wounded on the Western Front. Aldington never completely recovered from his war experiences, and may have continued to suffer from the then unrecognised phenomenon of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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Cobblestones; A Book Of Poems [by David Sentner] [1921]

David Sentner’s Cobblestones was published as the result of a poetry competition held among undergraduates of Columbia College. Sentner’s book received a fair amount of press when it was published, due to the fact that he was a wounded veteran of World War One. Sentner lost his sight in one eye while serving with the 27th Division in France, and founded the Columbia Comeback Club, which represented nearly 800 veterans attending the school after the war. Cobblestones was Sentner’s first and last book of poems. He died in 1975, apparently having left poetry behind nearly a half century before.



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A Book Of Fugitive Poems [by Mary J. Tanner] [1880]

Mary Jane Tanner was an American aspiring poet from Utah who very much enjoyed writing and wrote articles for a number of publications. She served as a Relief Society president in Provo, Utah for twenty-two years. She died January 8, 1890, at the age of fifty-three. Despite feelings of inadequacy, the desire to see her poems in print was stronger and she achieved her lifelong dream when she published this collection of her poetry, A Book Of Fugitive Poems, in 1880

A poem in this volume titled “Such is Life” eloquently expresses Mary Jane’s valiant efforts to write amid the demands placed on her.

"Farewell, hopes of fame and fortune,

I must bid you all good bye;

While I go to boil potatoes,

And prepare the chicken pie."

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Whittier's Poems [by John Greenleaf Whittier] [1838]

John Greenleaf Whittier [December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892] was an influential American
Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets. Whittier was strongly influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Highly regarded in his lifetime and for a period thereafter, he is now remembered for his poem Snow-Bound, and the words of the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, from his poem "The Brewing of Soma.

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Pansies [A Book Of Poems] [by May Probyn] [1895]

Juliana Mary Louisa Probyn, known as May Probyn [12 April 1856 – 29 March 1909], was an Victorian English poet. She is best known for her poem "Is it nothing to you" which is included in this anyhology published in 1895.

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Facsimile Of A Nonsense Alphabet [by Edward Lear]

Facsimile of a Nonsense Alphabet was originally written by Edward Lear in 1849, but the book was  not published until 1926. The book consists of short Lear style poems based on the letters of the alphabet and each entry is illustrated by Lear himself.

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Poems By Cushag [by Cushag][1912]

Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode [1852–1937] was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag". A native Manx Gaelic speaker and an expert collector of Celtic Folklore her first published work was 'A Lonan Legend', in 1899. Her first collection of poems, Poems by Cushag was published in 1912. The poems draw heavily on Manx and Celtic Folklore.

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Songs Of Peace [by Francis Ledwidge] [1917]

Francis Edward Ledwidge [19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917] was an Irish war poet from County Meath. Sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I.

Oh what a pleasant world 'twould be,

How easy we'd step thro' it,

If all the fools who meant no harm,

Could manage not to do it!

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Sonnets To Duse, And Other Poems [by Sara Teasdale] [1907]

Sara Teasdale [August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933] was an American lyric poet. This beautiful book was Teasdale's first collection of poems, titled Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, it was published in 1907



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James Clarence Mangan His Selected Poems [by James Clarence Mangan] [1897]

James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan [1 May 1803, Dublin – 20 June 1849], was an Irish poet. WB Yeats considered Mangan one of the best Irish poets, along with Thomas Davis and Samuel Ferguson, claiming, "To the soul of Clarence Mangan was tied the burning ribbon of Genius." His most famous poems include Dark Rosaleen, Siberia, Nameless One, A Vision of Connaught in the Thirteenth Century, The Funerals, To the Ruins of Donegal Castle, Pleasant Prospects for the Land-eaters and Woman of Three Cows.

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Collected Verse Of Rudyard Kipling [by Rudyard Kipling] [1907]

Joseph Rudyard Kipling [30 December 1865 -18 January 1936] was an English short-story writer,
 poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).[3] His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story;[4] his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature


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Rainbow Gold [Poems For Boys And Girls] [by Sara Teasdale] [1926]

Sara Teasdale [August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933] was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first collection of poems, Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, was published in 1907, and her second collection, Helen of Troy and Other Poems, was published in 1911. It was well received by critics, who praised its lyrical mastery and romantic subject matter. Her third poetry collection, Rivers to the Sea, was published in 1915. It was and is a bestseller, being reprinted several times. Sara Teasdale died in 1933 committing suicide, by overdosing on sleeping pills. This splendid volume published in 1926 and beautifully illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker is an excellent work.


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Poems Of Christina Rossetti [by Christina Georgina Rossetti] [1904]

Christina Georgina Rossetti [5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894] was an English poet who wrote  a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.

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Songs Of The Fields [by Francis Ledwidge] [1916]

Francis Edward Ledwidge [19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917] was an Irish war poet from County Meath. Sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I.

Oh what a pleasant world 'twould be,

How easy we'd step thro' it,

If all the fools who meant no harm,

Could manage not to do it!

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North Of Boston [by Robert Frost] [1914]

Robert Lee Frost [March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963] was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes North of Boston is a 1914 poetry collection by Robert Frost. It includes two of his most famous poems, "Mending Wall" and "After Apple-Picking". Most of the poems resemble short dramas or dialogues.





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