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Poems and collected verse whose wording is in the public domain. A line you remember may live here under its book title, with the full text waiting on Open Library.
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. It borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Troilus and Criseyde was written in rime royale and probably completed during the mid-1380s. Many Chaucer scholars regard it as the poet's finest work.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England (published 1 September 1773) is a gathering of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley, the first professional African-American woman poet in America and the first African-American woman whose writings were published.
Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Paradise is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of Western literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Latin Church by the 14th century.
Venus and Adonis is considered likely to be Shakespeare's first publication. The poem recounts Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting.
An Anthology of Australian Verse (1906) is an anthology of poems edited by Australian critic Bertram Stevens. The editor notes in his introduction that the book is "A selection of published and previously unpublished verse" representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - 'Australian' in this connection being used to include New Zealand.
The Passionate Pilgrim ( or ) is an anthology of 21 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean.
A Most pleasant Comedie of Mucedorus the Kings Sonne of Valentia, and Amadine the Kinges daughter of Aragon, commonly called Mucedorus, is an Elizabethan romantic comedy, first performed and regularly revived until the Restoration.
An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l. 16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justifie the wayes of God to men".
Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in at the Döbbelinsches Theater in Berlin.
"Peter Bell the Third" is a satire and parody by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Peter Bell the Third was not published in The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Biographia Literaria ('literary biography') is a critical autobiography by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published two volumes. Its working title was 'Autobiographia Literaria'.
An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published. An Essay on Criticism is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently paraphrased as "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".
by Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: A Poem grew out of Barlow's earlier poem The Vision of Columbus. Intended as a national epic for the United States, it was popular with the reading public and compared with Homer, Virgil and Milton.
Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way.
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
by Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld
Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: A Poem (1812) is a poem by Anna Laetitia Barbauld criticising Britain's participation in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Anti-Slavery Alphabet was written by two of the society's members, Hannah and Mary Townsend, with the intention of encouraging abolitionist ideas in young children.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: der Rattenfänger von Hameln), also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin, is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages.
"Rock of Ages" is a popular Christian hymn written by the Reformed Anglican minister Augustus Toplady.
by Edward Young
Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes was illustrated with notable engravings by William Blake. The poem records Young's musings on death as he ponders the loss of his wife and friends, and as he laments human frailties.
The Black Riders, and Other Lines was first published by Copeland & Day.
The yellow book, an illustrated quarterly. Was published at The Bodley Head Publishing House by Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and later by John Lane alone, and edited by the American Henry Harland. The periodical was priced at 5 shillings.
It was written in commemoration of the Battle of Talavera, where Sir Arthur Wellesley led an Allied force of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops to a victory over the French in the Peninsular War. The victory led to popular celebrations in Britain and Wellesley was made Lord Wellington.
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry combines an air of mystery and suspense with an examination of the tension between hedonism and morality. The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry was her first major success, going through four editions in its first three years, and establishing her reputation as a leading figure in the Gothic romance genre.
by Peter Newell
The Hole Book stays with an accidentally-fired bullet as it travels through various scenes and objects in a town. The physical book features a literal, die-cut hole on each page, which is incorporated into the illustrations of havoc wreaked along bullet's path.
by Janet Little
The Poetical Works of Janet Little, The Scotch Milkmaid, often incorrectly rendered as The Poetical Works of Janet Little, The Scottish Milkmaid, was a volume of poems by Janet Little, who worked in a dairy, thus the 'Scotch Milkmaid'.
Needwood Forest was a large area of ancient woodland in Staffordshire, England, which was largely lost at the end of the 18th century.
The Heart of New England Council is a Scouting America council serving Cub Scout packs, Scouts BSA troops, Exploring posts and Venturing crews in central Massachusetts with administrative support, program resources, activities, events, and camping properties.