Book-length poems

16 books

AdonaisPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821An annotated edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1821 elegiac poem Adonais, written in memory of John Keats. Editor William Michael Rossetti supplies memoirs of both poets, an account of the poem's composition and argument, and detailed explanatory notes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Aurora LeighElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1856A verse novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1856, in which the heroine, Aurora Leigh, narrates her own life story, beginning with her childhood in Italy after her mother's death and her upbringing by her scholarly English father.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Childe Harold's PilgrimageGeorge Gordon Byron · 1812A long narrative poem by Lord Byron, published in 1812, following the travels of Childe Harold, a melancholy young nobleman who leaves England after a dissolute youth to wander abroad in disillusionment.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Despair's Last JourneyDavid Christie Murray · 1890A novel by English author David Christie Murray, first published in 1890, in which a city gentleman in formal dress abandons his train at a remote Rocky Mountains station and sets up a solitary camp, drawing the curiosity of the locals.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Don JuanGeorge Gordon Byron · 1819A satirical narrative poem in seventeen cantos, published in 1819, opening with a mocking dedication to contemporary poets. It recounts the life and adventures of the legendary Don Juan, beginning with his birth and upbringing in Seville.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Endymion: A Poetic RomanceJohn Keats · 1818A four-book narrative poem published in 1818, drawing on Greek mythology to tell the story of Endymion, a young shepherd on Latmos who pines away and is called toward adventure. Keats's preface candidly admits the work's inexperience and immaturity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Idylls of the KingAlfred Tennyson · 1859A narrative poem in twelve books by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, retelling the legend of King Arthur, from his coming to the throne and marriage to Guinevere through the Round Table tales to the passing of Arthur.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden FieldWalter Scott · 1808A narrative poem by Walter Scott, first published in 1808, about the Battle of Flodden Field. This Cassell's National Library edition includes an introduction and the letters Scott wrote to friends introducing each canto of the poem.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1850A collection of 44 love sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, first published in 1850, addressed to a beloved. The poems explore themes of love, devotion, doubt, and the transformation of the speaker's life through romance.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Angel in the HouseCoventry Patmore · 1854A narrative poem first published in 1854, written in praise of married love. It follows a poet husband, Vaughan, who celebrates his wife in verse, depicting courtship, marriage, and domestic happiness centered on the narrator's devotion to her.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Ballad of Reading GaolOscar Wilde · 1898An 1898 narrative poem by Oscar Wilde about a prisoner sentenced to hang for murdering the woman he loved, told from the perspective of a fellow inmate and reflecting on guilt, suffering, and shared human sinfulness in prison.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Lady of the LakeWalter Scott · 1810An 1883 annotated school edition of Sir Walter Scott's 1810 narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, set in the Scottish Highlands near Loch Katrine, edited by William J. Rolfe with corrected text, original notes, and explanatory commentary for students and general readers.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Marriage of Heaven and HellWilliam Blake · 1790William Blake's 1790 prose poem presents a visionary argument that good and evil, reason and energy, are necessary opposites rather than moral absolutes, told through satire, allegorical fancies, and the author's famous "Proverbs of Hell.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798This 1798 narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells of an ancient mariner who stops a wedding guest to recount his fateful sea voyage, which turns disastrous after he kills an albatross. The poem unfolds in seven parts.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the NiblungsWilliam Morris · 1876An 1876 epic narrative poem by William Morris that retells the Volsung legend in verse, following the hero Sigurd from his father Sigmund's days through his slaying of the dragon Fafnir, his love for Brynhild, and the fall of the Niblung kings.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical NotesErasmus Darwin · 1803A scientific poem by Erasmus Darwin, published posthumously in 1803, describing the origin of life and the progress of human society in verse, with extensive philosophical notes on nature, mythology, and early civilization.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية