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Changdev Pasashti
Changdev Pasashti (चांगदेव पासष्टी) is a short philosophical poem of 65 verses in Old Marathi, composed by the saint-poet Dnyaneshwar as spiritual instruction to the hatha yogi Changdev.
Chanson d'automne
"Chanson d'automne" ("Song of Autumn") is an 1866 poem by Paul Verlaine, best known for its opening lines, "Les sanglots longs / Des violons / De l'automne."
Chanson de geste
A chanson de geste is an Old French epic poem of the 11th to 13th centuries celebrating the exploits of heroes, most famously the Chanson de Roland.
Chanson de Guillaume
The Chanson de Guillaume, also known as La Chançun de Willame, is an Old French chanson de geste of the Guillaume d'Orange cycle, dating from the first half of the 12th century.
Chanson de la croisade albigeoise
The Chanson de la croisade albigeoise, also called the Canso de la crozada, is an Old Occitan verse chronicle of the Albigensian Crusade of 1209 to 1229.
Chants d'ombre
Chants d'ombre (Shadow Songs) is the first poetry collection of Léopold Sédar Senghor, published in Paris in 1945, gathering poems written during his years of exile in France.
Charmes
Charmes is a 1922 collection of 21 poems by French poet Paul Valéry, whose title plays on the Latin carmina, meaning both "poems" and "magic chants."
Charyapada
Charyapada (চর্যাপদ), also called Charyagiti, is a collection of about 47 mystical Buddhist songs composed between the 8th and 12th centuries, the earliest known Bengali poetry.
Chaturdashpadi Kabitabali
Chaturdashpadi Kabitabali (চতুর্দ্দশপদী-কবিতাবলি) is an 1866 collection of Bengali sonnets by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, written in Versailles and printed in Calcutta, the first sonnet book in Bengali literature.
Chaurapanchasika
Chaurapanchasika (Caurapañcāśikā), meaning "Fifty Stanzas of the Thief", is a Sanskrit love lyric of fifty stanzas ascribed to Bilhana, an 11th-century Kashmiri poet, each verse beginning "even now".
Chautha Saptak
Chautha Saptak (चौथा सप्तक) is a 1979 anthology of poems by seven Hindi poets, edited by Agyeya, carrying his Saptak series into the post-1960 generation.
Chbab Srey
Chbab Srey (ច្បាប់ស្រី, "rules for women") is a Cambodian conduct poem in which a mother teaches her daughter to serve her husband; schools required memorizing it until 2007.
Chbap
Chbap (ច្បាប់, also romanized cpap or chbab) is a genre of Khmer didactic literature, rhyming verse transmitting moral codes of conduct, known in Cambodia since the 17th century.
Cheongguyeongeon
Cheongguyeongeon (청구영언) is a Korean anthology of sijo, the three-line lyric song of the Joseon dynasty, compiled in 1728 by the professional singer Kim Cheontaek.
Cheoyongga
Cheoyongga (처용가, "Song of Cheoyong") is the last surviving hyangga of Silla, dated 879, preserved in the Samguk yusa and the source of the exorcistic Cheoyongmu court dance.
Chetavani
Chetavani (चेतावनी) is a Hindi literary title associated with Bharatendu Harishchandra, the father of modern Hindi literature, whose era is dated 1850–1885 and who wrote rajabhakti and rashtriya-bhakti verse.
Chhabi O Gan
Chhabi O Gan (ছবি ও গান, "Pictures and Songs") is an 1884 Bengali poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore, his sixth book of verse, containing thirty poems.
Chharpatra
Chharpatra (ছাড়পত্র, "The Farewell Letter") is the first published poetry collection of Sukanta Bhattacharya, gathering 37 poems written between 1943 and 1947 and issued after the poet's death.
Chhayanat
Chhayanat (ছায়ানট) is a 1925 collection of poems and songs by Kazi Nazrul Islam, and the name of cultural organizations founded in Dhaka in 1961 and in Kolkata.
Chidambara
Chidambara (चिदंबरा) is a Hindi poetry collection by Sumitranandan Pant, first published in 1958, that gathers selected poems from 1937 to 1957 and brought Pant the Jnanpith Award.
Chieko-shō
Chieko-shō (智恵子抄) is a 1941 poetry collection by the Japanese poet and sculptor Takamura Kōtarō, tracing his love for his wife Chieko from courtship through her death in 1938.
Child of Europe
Child of Europe (Dziecię Europy) is a 1946 poem by Czesław Miłosz, written in New York and addressed to Europeans who survived World War II through moral compromise.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem in four cantos by Lord Byron, published between 1812 and 1818, based on his travels in southern Europe.
Chinthavishtayaya Sita
Chinthavishtayaya Sita (ചിന്താവിഷ്ടയായ സീത), translated as Sita Immersed in Reflection, is a Malayalam khandakavya by Kumaran Asan published in 1919, offering a critical portrayal of Sita abandoned by Rama.
Chitrayogam
Chitrayogam (ചിത്രയോഗം), also titled Tharavali Chandrasenam, is a Malayalam mahakavya of 18 songs and 1,591 slokas by Vallathol Narayana Menon, composed in the Manipravalam style; a printed edition appeared in 1923.
Chivalric romance
Chivalric romance: medieval vernacular narratives of knightly adventure and courtly love, from Chrétien de Troyes and the Arthurian prose cycles to Malory, distinguished from the chanson de geste by focus on individual knights.
Christabel (poem)
Christabel is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's unfinished Gothic narrative poem about the maiden Christabel and the mysterious Geraldine; begun 1797-1800, excluded from Lyrical Ballads, published by John Murray in 1816, influential on Scott's verse form.
Chunhyangga
Chunhyangga (춘향가) is a Korean pansori, or sung narrative, that tells of the love between Chunhyang and Yi Mongryong of Namwon and her resistance to a corrupt magistrate.
Church Going
"Church Going" is a 1954 poem by Philip Larkin about a skeptical cyclist visiting an empty English country church, published in The Spectator in 1955.
Chuzhou West Stream
Chuzhou West Stream (滁州西涧) is a famous Tang dynasty landscape quatrain by the poet Wei Yingwu, written while serving as prefect of Chuzhou in present-day Anhui province.