Leaves: Original Poems (Classic Reprint)

Leaves: Original Poems (Classic Reprint)

Author: Hamilton Wigle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-21

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9780365254669

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Excerpt from Leaves: Original Poems Ah, leaves, sarcophagi of rare And glorious life! I wonder where Your spirit now has flown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Favorite Poems Old and New

Favorite Poems Old and New

Author:

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Published: 1957-09-01

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 0385076967

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"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so."—Eleanor Roosevelt Beloved and treasured for over 60 years, here is the only poetry collection your family needs—brimming with favorite, classic poems carefully selected to inspire young readers. Over 700 classic and modern poems written by poets from William Shakespeare to J. R. R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, and covering a range of favorite topics—pets, playtime, family, nature, and nonsense—ensure that there’s a poem to please every child. A truly comprehensive collection that is the ideal way of introducing children to the joys of reading poetry. "If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic."—Kirkus "A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children."—Library Journal "This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection."—The Horn Book


Poems

Poems

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Publisher:

Published: 1857

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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The Widening Spell of the Leaves

The Widening Spell of the Leaves

Author: Larry Levis

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2013-08-09

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 0822979276

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The result is a book of discursive meditations that will amply reward the reader. Part travelogue, part pilgrimage in which the shrines remain hidden until they are recognized later, Larry Levis’s startling and complex fifth book of poems is about the enslavement to desire for personal freedom, and the awareness of its price.


The Poetry of Catullus (Classic Reprint)

The Poetry of Catullus (Classic Reprint)

Author: David Ansell Slater

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt from The Poetry of Catullus The favourites of the gods are released from life before they have had time to outstay their youth. The tribute to those who died young is tribute to the youth which they never lived to lose - ih part, no doubt, objective, but in part also subjective, and prompted by the thought expressed in that line of Thackeray: Oh, the brave days, when we were twenty-one! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Thanatopsis and Other Poems

Thanatopsis and Other Poems

Author: William Cullen Bryant

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-16

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781010358008

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War All the Time

War All the Time

Author: Charles Bukowski

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0061882062

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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter War All the Time is a selection of poetry from the early 1980s. Charles Bukowski shows that he is still as pure as ever but he has evolved into a slightly happier man that has found some fame and love. These poems show how he grapples with his past and future colliding.