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Question for anyone who owns the Folio Anthology of Poetry

1dyhtstriyk
Edited: Jan 5, 2023, 9:17 am

The Folio Anthology of Poetry catches a bit my eye, but I want to know if some very specific poems are included. I already own The Oxford Book of English verse (which I love), but there are some of my favorite poems missing.

So I wanted to ask anyone who owns the Folio anthology if the following poems are there:

- Blake - The Tyger
- Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade / Ulysses
- Browning - Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came
- Newbolt - Vitai Lampada
- Carroll - Jabberwocky / Hunting of the Snark
- Henley - Invictus
- Kipling - If-
-Housman - A Shropshire Lad - Poem XL (Into my heart an air that kills)
- Eliot - Rhapsody on a Windy Night
-Masefield - Sea-Fever

Thanks in advance

2N11284
Edited: Dec 10, 2025, 3:17 am

> 1
You are out of luck I'm afraid, of the approx 250 poems included in the Folio Anthology of Poetry there are only two from your list. See below.

Blake - The Tyger -- No
- Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade / Ulysses No / Yes
- Browning - Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came --Yes
- Newbolt - Vitai Lampada -- No
- Carroll - Jabberwocky / Hunting of the Snark -- No
- Henley - Invictus -- No
- Kipling - If- -- No but it's In The Folio Golden Treasury
-Housman - A Shropshire Lad - Poem XL (Into my heart an air that kills) -- No
- Eliot - Rhapsody on a Windy Night -- No
-Masefield - Sea-Fever -- No

3dyhtstriyk
Jan 5, 2023, 12:24 pm

>2 N11284: thanks for your response. I'm a bit surprised as even the B&N Treasury of Poetry contains more of these than the Folio edition.

4TonjaE
Dec 10, 2025, 12:46 am

I was wondering if anyone who had this book might like to post a photo of the contents page/s here?

5N11284
Edited: Dec 10, 2025, 9:43 am

The table of contents of the Folio Anthology of Poetry takes up 10 pages. Not sure how legible these are. Also if anyone knows of a better way of doing this , please advise.





















6Thwack
Dec 10, 2025, 9:43 am

Saves me having to do it, thanks N11284

7HonorWulf
Dec 10, 2025, 9:45 am

>5 N11284: You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman! Very nice list as well -- I may have to add this to the wishlist.

8TonjaE
Dec 10, 2025, 1:19 pm

>5 N11284: Oh my goodness, thank you so much, you're an angel! If I had known it would be that much I wouldn't have asked. Thank you, very much appreciated.

9CabbageMoth
Dec 16, 2025, 4:34 pm

Organizing a book of poems alphabetically by title is not a choice I would have made, but I also like the selections much more than I expected. Is Duffy the editor?

10Thwack
Dec 17, 2025, 5:52 am

>9 CabbageMoth: She has written the introduction, so I assume she has edited it. The poems are also ordered chronologically at the back of the book.