Classic poetry

15 books

Cowboy songs, and other frontier balladsJohn Avery Lomax · 1910A 1910 collection of cowboy songs and frontier ballads gathered by John A. Lomax, presenting the lyrics and some musical notation of folk songs from the American West and Southwest, with an introduction by Barrett Wendell.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IVHarrison S. Morris · 1894Book IV of a four-volume 1894 anthology of Christmas poetry edited by Harrison S. Morris, collecting carols and poems from around the world. This volume includes carols, Epiphany hymns, wassail songs, verses about Santa Claus, and seasonal reveries.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Lays of Ancient RomeThomas Babington Macaulay · 1842A collection of narrative poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay, published in 1842, recreating legendary ballads about early Roman history, including the stories of Horatius, the Battle of Lake Regillus, Virginia, and the Prophecy of Capys.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Le Corbeau = The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 1875An 1875 bilingual edition of Poe's narrative poem "The Raven," presenting the English text alongside a French translation by Stéphane Mallarmé with illustrations by Édouard Manet. The poem follows a grieving man visited by a mysterious raven that answers his questions with the word "Nevermore.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsLewis Carroll · 1869A collection of humorous and comic verse by Lewis Carroll, first published in 1869, featuring the title poem, a seven-canto narrative in which a polite ghost explains the rules of haunting to a man, along with assorted shorter poems and riddles.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Poems of American HistoryBurton Egbert Stevenson · 1908An anthology of poems about American history, collected and edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson and first published in 1908, drawing on works by many poets to depict events and figures from early exploration and colonial times through the Civil War and beyond.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Songs of Innocence and of ExperienceWilliam Blake · 1794A 1794 collection of lyric poetry by William Blake, presenting paired volumes titled Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The poems, including The Lamb, The Chimney-Sweeper, and The Tyger, explore childhood, faith, and society through contrasting themes of innocence and experience.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Stray BirdsRabindranath Tagore · 1916A 1916 collection of short poems and epigrams by Rabindranath Tagore, translated from Bengali by the author. Stray Birds offers brief verses on nature, love, God, and life, including "Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Bells, and Other PoemsEdgar Allan Poe · 1912A 1912 illustrated collection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring works such as "The Bells," "The Raven," and "Annabel Lee," with illustrations by Edmund Dulac.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Book of Brave Old BalladsJohn Gilbert · 1865An 1865 illustrated collection of traditional English ballads, including tales of Robin Hood, Chevy Chase, and King Edward IV, with sixteen colored engravings drawn by John Gilbert.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 1845A narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1845. It tells of a grieving man who is visited at midnight by a mysterious raven that answers his questions about his lost Lenore with the word "Nevermore.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Raven IllustratedEdgar Allan Poe · 1845An illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem "The Raven," first published in 1845, in which a grieving man is tormented by a mysterious raven that answers his questions with the word "Nevermore.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Raven, and The Philosophy of CompositionEdgar Allan Poe · 1845This illustrated 1906 edition pairs Poe's famous 1845 poem "The Raven" with his essay "The Philosophy of Composition," in which Poe explains, step by step, the method he claims to have used in writing the poem.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 Song of HiawathaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855A long narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1855, telling the life story of the Ojibway hero Hiawatha in verse adapted from the Finnish Kalevala, drawing on Native American legends collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية