Library of World Poetry: Being Choice Selections From the Best Poets (original 1870; edition 1970)

by William Cullen Bryant

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Arranged by category from friendship and humor to religion and tragedy, this popular collection represents the work of familiar poets including Longfellow, Shelley, Browning, Shakespeare, Whittier, and hundreds more. Black and white woodcut engravings and facsimile manuscripts enhance the charm of this volume.… (more)

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Title:	Library of World Poetry: Being Choice Selections From the Best Poets
Authors:	William Cullen Bryant
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In spite of the title, this is a collection of poems in the English language, none other -- although it does reach to the Scot, and Irish. Bryant selected, and composed the introduction, but did not classify or arrange the poems. The arrangement is by "mood": Of Childhood, Affections, Sorrow, Religion, Nature, Peace/War, Temperance/Labor, Freedom, Sea, Adventure, Sentiment, Fancy, Tragedy, Personal, and Humorous. Includes reproduction of holographic manuscripts of selected poets - to view their handwriting.

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Arranged by category from friendship and humor to religion and tragedy, this popular collection represents the work of familiar poets including Longfellow, Shelley, Browning, Shakespeare, Whittier, and hundreds more. Black and white woodcut engravings and facsimile manuscripts enhance the charm of this volume.

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