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Cane
Jean Toomer
An experimental and highly lyrical novel exploring the African-American experience.
North of Boston
Robert Frost
A collection of Frost’s poetry.
Olney Hymns
John Newton
A collection of hymns written by John Newton and William Cowper.
Poetry
Voltairine de Cleyre
A collection of Voltairine de Cleyre’s poetry.
Poetry
James Weldon Johnson
A collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson.
Poetry
Langston Hughes
A collection of poems by Langston Hughes.
Poetry
Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis
A collection of poems by Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis.
Poetry
Taras Shevchenko
A collection of Taras Shevchenko’s poetry.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A collection of 44 love sonnets.
Poetry
Ring Lardner
A collection of poems by Ring Lardner.
Poetry
James Joyce
A collection of James Joyce’s poetry, ordered by date of first publication.
Festus
Philip James Bailey
A man goes on a quest for knowledge, truth, and understanding in the face of the complexities of existence and spirituality.
Poetry
William Carlos Williams
An anthology of William Carlos Williams’ poetry collections, combining The Tempers (1913), Al Que Quiere! (1917), and Sour Grapes (1921).
Poetry
Wilfred Owen
A collection of Wilfred Owen’s published poems.
John Brown’s Body
Stephen Vincent Benét
The sweeping tragedy of the American Civil War is chronicled through the interwoven experiences of soldiers and civilians from both the North and the South.
Mirèio
Frédéric Mistral
Two young Provençal lovers are kept apart by their social class.
New Hampshire
Robert Frost
Robert Frost’s Pulitzer-winning book of poetry.
Poetry
C. S. Lewis
A collection of C. S. Lewis’ poetry.
Gitanjali
Rabindranath Tagore
Prose poems of offering translated by the author from the original Bengali.
Songs of a Sourdough
Robert W. Service
A collection of poems about the Klondike Gold Rush.
Magnolia Leaves
Mary Weston Fordham
A collection of poems by Mary Weston Fordham.
Verses on Various Occasions
John Henry Newman
A collection of poems by John Henry Newman.
A Cycle of the West
John G. Neihardt
A series of epic poems that recounts the history, legends, and mythology of the American West.
Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters
A collection of short poems recounting the lives and deaths of the residents of a small Illinois town.
Poetry
Matthew Arnold
A collection of occasional and dramatic poems by a Victorian poet, educator, and critic.
Nonsense Books
Edward Lear
A collection of literary nonsense in the forms of limericks, songs, and short stories.
Poetry
Fernando Pessoa
A collection of Fernando Pessoa’s poetry.
Poetry
Edward Thomas
A collection of poetry by Edward Thomas.
Poetry
George MacDonald
A collection of poetry by Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister George MacDonald, exploring themes of faith, nature, redemption, and the human soul.
Idylls of the King
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Twelve poems detailing the adventures of Arthur’s round table.
Poetry
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
A collection of poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley’s only published collection of poetry.
Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp
John A. Lomax
A collection of cowboy poetry collected by folklorist John A. Lomax.
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
A group of pilgrims trade tales as they travel through medieval England.
The Aeneid
Virgil
The legendary hero Aeneas flees the city of Troy with his father and young son, and travels to Italy to become the ancestor of the Romans.
Poetry
Ameen Rihani
A collection of Ameen Rihani’s poetry.
Poetry
Georgia Douglas Johnson
A collection of poems by Georgia Douglas Johnson.
Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe
A collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry.
Poetry
Robert Louis Stevenson
A collection of poetry by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Odyssey
Homer
An epic poem following a Greek hero trying to return home after the Trojan war.
Poetry
Henry van Dyke Jr.
A collection of poems by the American author, educator, and clergyman Henry van Dyke Jr., exploring themes of nature, faith, love, and patriotism.
The Iliad
Homer
The epic poem which follows a Greek warrior who refuses to give up his prize of war.
Poetry
John Keats
A collection of John Keats’ published poems, and a selection of unpublished fragments and posthumous verse.
Poetry
James McIntyre
A collection of poetry by James McIntyre.
Poetry
Ambrose Bierce
A collection of Ambrose Bierce’s poetry.
Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth
A collection of pastoral poems that is considered the defining text for the beginning of Romantic-era literature.
Poetry
Oscar Wilde
A collection of poems by Oscar Wilde.
Pan Tadeusz
Adam Mickiewicz
A young nobleman explores romance, feuding families, politics, and national identity during a period of social upheaval and Russian occupation.
The Eclogues
Virgil
Ten pastoral poems exploring themes of love, politics, and the impact of war.
Poetry
T. S. Eliot
A collection of T. S. Eliot’s poetry, including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “The Waste Land,” and “The Hollow Men.”
Poetry
Thomas Gray
A collection of poems by Thomas Gray.
The Book of Jade
David Park Barnitz
A collection of decadent poetry by David Park Barnitz.
Poetry
W. B. Yeats
A collection of poems by W. B. Yeats.
The Luzumiyat
Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri
A collection of quatrains by Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri.
The Georgics
Virgil
Virgil explores rural life, providing practical advice on agriculture, arboriculture, viticulture, animal husbandry, and beekeeping.
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
A Roman statesman awaiting execution is visited by the personification of philosophy.
Metamorphoses
Ovid
A collection of Greek and Roman myths that involve various forms of transformation.
Poetry
William Shakespeare
A collection of William Shakespeare’s poems and sonnets.
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
Dante journeys through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven in order to receive salvation and to find divine love.
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts
Robert Williams Wood
A physicist writes and illustrates a collection of humorous poems responding to the Nature Fakers controversy.
Don Juan
Lord Byron
A Spanish libertine becomes an unwitting seducer through a series of adventurous escapades.
Victory Odes
Pindar
A collection of lyric poems celebrating the triumphs of ancient Greek athletes in various sporting events.
Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin
A jaded Russian fop’s disdain for the world catches up with him.
The Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
A Greek hero voyages to a distant land to steal the fabled Golden Fleece.
Hudibras
Samuel Butler
A knight and his squire set forth for adventure and love.
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyám
Three volumes of lyrical quatrains about the joys of living, the meaning of existence, and what it means to lead a happy life.
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto
A beautiful woman lures a knight away from his duty to protect Europe from invaders.
The Columbiad
Joel Barlow
Columbus is shown a history of the western hemisphere since his discoveries.
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
The definitive collection of Walt Whitman’s poetry.
The Lusiads
Luís de Camões
A Portuguese fleet becomes the object of conflict between Roman gods.
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser
Six knights embodying Christian virtues embark on allegorical quests.
The Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
The Finnish national epic poem recounting the creation of the Earth and the adventures of its mythical heroes.
Paradise Lost
John Milton
A dramatic imagining in blank verse of the rebellion of Satan against God, Satan’s overthrow, and the Fall of Man.
Poetry
Mina Loy
A collection of poems by Mina Loy.