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D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence's poetry changed stylistically during the First World War when, influenced by Walt Whitman, he began to write free verse. He …
Hebrew Melodies
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…
The Church Militant and Other Poems
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George Herbert
George Herbert was an English poet, orator and cleric who was Public Orator at the University of Cambridge before becoming a rural Parish Mi…
The Lotos Eaters
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1850 until his death in 1892. Please enjoy this collection of selected poems by him.…
Muse and Mint
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Walter Seymour Percy
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…
The Dirge of the Sea-Children
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Kenneth Rand
The first of three volumes of poetry published by Yale English literature graduate Kenneth Rand before his untimely death in 1918 by the Gre…
The Poetical Works
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Fitz-Greene Halleck
Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in the old Connecticut coastal town of Guildford. At age 21 he moved to New York where he worked for nearly 4 d…
By Scarlet Torch and Blade
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Anthony Henderson Euwer
Anthony Euwer, often appearing in anthologies of American poetry is also author of "Christopher Cricket on Cats" and "The Lim…
A Marigold Miscellany
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Arthur William Fisher, Franklin H. Mackey, Mary Pettus Thomas, Harvey Maitland Watts, Catherine Wheeler, George Wither and Susan Augusta Woodbridge
This collection celebrates the marigold in verse from the 17th through the 20th centuries. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Epistle to Lord Byron
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Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead…
They Flee From Me
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Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt was an English poet, courtier and ambassador for King Henry VIII, who sent him on Embassies to the Pope and the Holy Roman …
Poems
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy wrote these poems in response to the death of his first wife. They are considered to be among his finest work.(Summary by Alan …
Songs of Somewhere Back
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Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice was an American poet and sportswriter. In these poems he looks back nostalgically on his early life and Tennessee small town …
A Happy New Year
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Charles Edward De La Poer Beresford
This is a collection of 27 poems, some seasonal to New Years and Christmas, but others on themes of religion, nature and home. (Summary by L…
Selected Poems
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Mary Willis Shuey
Mary Willis Shuey lived in New Orleans and was ‘an authority and prolific writer on things Southern’. These poems were published between 191…
Three Hills
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Everard Owen
In this short collection of poetry published in 1916, the Reverend Everard Owen explores the sacrifices of the First World War from an Engli…
Divorce
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Charles Williams
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.Although Williams' p…
Beyond the Breakers
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George Sterling
George Sterling was born on Long Island, New York but spent most of his life in California where he had a successful career in business and …
Fugitive Pieces
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an English poet, playwright and literary critic best known for his satires like The Dunciad and The Rape of the Lock. Thi…
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