Lyric
Petunia Blossoms
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Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage
American poet, Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage, presents a collection of lyrical poems celebrating home, nature, and sentiment. - Summary …
Jessie Pope's War Poems
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Jessie Pope
Jessie Pope published these poems during the early months of the First World War. They were very popular at the time and the author received…
Poems of 1912-13
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy wrote these poems in response to the death of his first wife. They are considered to be among his finest work.(Summary by Alan …
The Poetical Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Volume 1
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes





To The Rural Muse and Other Poems
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John Clare
The English poet John Clare was the son of a farm labourer and was often referred to as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". His w…
A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
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Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick had been apprenticed to a goldsmith before entering holy orders. This early training has been credited with influencing his m…
Purcell Ode and Other Poems
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Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges wrote the Ode to Music to mark the bicentenary of the death of Henry Purcell in 1695. - Summary by Alan MapstoneAdditional pr…
Songs Above the Drumfire
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Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice was an American poet and sportswriter. In these poems he remembers his time in France during the First World War.