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Once regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature, William Blake (1757-1827) is today recognized as a major poet, a …
Dating from the eighth century and earlier, the "Manyoshu is the oldest Japanese poetry anthology--and it's widely considered to be the best. A committee of distinguished scholars …
An unusually useful survey of the development of French poetry, this book anthologizes works by France's finest and most influential poets -- 30 in all -- from the mid-fifteenth …
The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;And then, those little anodynesThat deaden suffering;And then, to go to sleep;And then, if it should beThe will of its …
Thought-provoking collection of life-affirming parables and poems by the author of "The Prophet, many casting an ironic light on the beliefs, aspirations, and vanities of …
The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French …
What would Christmas be without such charming and heartwarming poems as A Visit from St. Nicholas? That famous poem, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is only one of the …