Lyric
Sagas of Vaster Britain
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William Wilfred Campbell
A collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell addressing themes of National Identity, Imperialism and the Divinity of …
Selection from Poems
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Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian …
The Flowers of Evil
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Charles Baudelaire and James Huneker
Charles Baudelaire was a French poet whose work is described as combining an exoticism inherited from the Romantics with the Realism of othe…
The Lilt of Life
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Zora Cross
Published in 1918, Zora Cross’s book of poems, The Lilt of Life, was her third book of verse, and, like her earlier works, largely focused o…
Love Poems
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F. W. Harvey
F. W. Harvey was an English poet, broadcaster and solicitor. These poems, taken from his 1921 collection Farewell, embody his love of nature…
Machine-Room Chants
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Tom Maguire
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
Ravenna and Other Poems
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's poem Ravenna won the prestigious Newdigate Prize for Poetry at Oxford University. It was recited by the author in the Sheldoni…