Violets and Other Tales (1895) is a collection of stories and poems by Alice Dunbar Nelson. While working as a teacher i......more
Clouds and Sunshine (1920) is a collection of poems by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming. Published during the Harlem Renaissance,......more
America and Other Poems (1853) is a book of poems by J.M. Whitfield. Published while the poet was working as a barber in......more
The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon compiles the works of Jupiter Hammon, America’s first published black wr......more
History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (1817) is a travelogue by Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Composed of journal entrie......more
Are Women People? (1915) is a collection of poems by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women’s ......more
Love Poems and Others by D.H Lawrence features thirty-two poems of various lengths. With themes of love, marriage, gende......more
"The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. For at about se......more
"The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. For at about se......more
"The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. For at about se......more
"In the whole of European literature there is no poet who can furnish the texts for a more significant variety of discou......more
On a Grey Thread is the groundbreaking poetry collection of Elsa Gidlow - the first in North American history to openly ......more
Seen and Unseen: Or, Monologues of a Homeless Snail (1897) is a collection of poems by Yone Noguchi. Written only three ......more
The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914) is a collection of essays by Yone Noguchi. Although he is widely recognized as a le......more
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form......more
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) is the first book of poetry published by an African American autho......more
When Jesus was baptized, Heaven announced that he was the son of God. After the joyous celebration, Jesus went back to h......more
The Burning Wheel (1916) is a collection of poems by English author Aldous Huxley. Published when the poet was only twen......more
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems (1918) is a collection of poems by English author Aldous Huxley. Although Huxley is ......more
The New Life (1294) is a work of verse and prose by Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Composed in the prosimetrum style, The......more
The Waste Land (1922) is a poem by T.S. Eliot. After suffering a nervous breakdown, Eliot took a leave of absence from h......more
Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) is a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot. Published following the successful appear......more
The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written while the poet was at the height of his c......more
The Secret Rose (1897) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written in response to demands that the poet write "a rea......more
A Boy’s Will (1913) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Published in London and dedicated to the poe......more
Mountain Interval (1916) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Having gained success with his first tw......more
North of Boston (1914) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Following the success of Frost’s debut, A......more
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The Wind Among the Reeds (1899) is a collection of poems and plays by W.B. Yeats. Containing many of the poet’s early im......more
Written in the form of biblical prophecy, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell presents philosophical ideas about God, humani......more
Maud, and Other Poems (1850) is a collection of poems by British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The first work Tennyson pub......more
The Poems of Catullus describes the lifestyle of the Latin poet Catullus, his friends, and his lover, Lesbia. Catullus w......more
With satire, adventure, and imagination, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems explores subjects such as the supernatural, love......more
While traveling to a wedding, a young man is pulled into the eventful narrative of the Ancient Mariner who is compelled ......more
A hybrid of Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience that brings poetry, philosophy and spirituality into an all-inclu......more
The Rape of the Lock (1906) is an epic poem by English literary icon Alexander Pope. Known for his caustic wit and satir......more
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) is a collection of sonnets by English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Written betwee......more
The poetry of Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) remains memorable for its charming lyrical quality and the way in which his sonn......more
An impassioned narrative poem contrasted with simple but powerful sketches of the revolution, this story of the Lebanese......more
A worldwide best-seller since its date of original publication in 1923, The Prophet has become a token of free thought a......more
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During three feverish weeks in 1922, Rainer Maria Rilke composed the 55 sonnets that constitute Sonnets to Orpheus. Insp......more
Love . . . Words may never be enough to express this powerful feeling. And yet, some of the most beautiful thoughts on l......more
There are in Harmonium six or eight of the most beautiful poems an American has written. The poems see, feel, and think ......more
His prose is of first distinction, declared critic Edmund Wilson of Hemingway upon the 1923 publication of Three Storie......more
Heavily influenced by T. S. Eliot s The Waste Land, the poems of Spring and All express the author s beliefs about the......more
Invisibility Is the Art of Survival marks the first appearance in this country, in book form, of the work of Edwin Brock......more
Poetics is a literary gem that explores the essence and principles of Greek tragedy. Aristotle’s timeless treatise delve......more