A Hundred Years of English Poetry [Paperback]

Originally published in 1930, this book contains a selection of English poetry from the previous 100 years.Originally published in 1930, this book contains a selection of English poetry from the previous 100 years. Brief biographies are given for each of the poets and an index of first lines is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry.Originally published in 1930, this book contains a selection of English poetry from the previous 100 years. Brief biographies are given for each of the poets and an index of first lines is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry.Originally published in 1930, this book contains a selection of English poetry from the previous 100 years. Brief biographies are given for each of the poets and an index of first lines is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry.1. 'Rondeau' James Henry Leight Hunt; 2. 'The war-song of Dinas Vawr' Thomas Love Peacock; 3. 'To-day' Thomas Carlyle; 4. 'The battle of Naseby' Thomas Babington Macaulay; 5. 'The song of Western man' Robert Stephen Hawker; 6. 'Brahma' Ralph Waldo Emerson; 7. (1) From Sonnets from the Portuguese: 'How do I love thee?'; (2) 'A musical instrument' Elizabeth Barrett Browning; 8. From Tales of a Wayside Inn: 'The Theologian's Tale - Torquemada' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 9. 'To Helen' Edgar Allan Poe; 10. 'Rub?diy?t of Omar Khayy?m of Naish?p?r' Edward Fitzgerald; 11. (1) 'The lady of Shalott'; (2) 'The lotos-easters: Choric song'; (3) 'Ulysses'; (4) 'Break, break, break'; (5) From The Princess: 'Tears, idle tears'; 'Now sleeps the crimson petal'; (6) From In Memoriam; (7) From The Ancient Sage; (8) 'Crossing the bar' Alfred Tennyson; 12. 'The chambered Nautilus' Oliver Wendell Holmes; 13. (1) 'Johannes Agricola in meditation'; (2) 'From Pippa Passes; (3) 'The lost leader'; (4) From Home-Thoughts, from Abroad; (5) From Fra Lippo-Lippi; (6) 'Prospice' Rl“!