101 Famous Poems (Borders Edition) - Hardcover

Mcgraw-Hill School

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809299860 ISBN 13: 9780809299867

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary, 2001

Synopsis

This book includes a Prose Supplement, is a revised edition, and compiled by Roy J Cook.

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From the Back Cover

An indispensable compilation of the poems that have delighted and inspired generations, 101 Best-Loved Poems is a testament to the power of poetry. A browser's delight, turn to any page and you are sure to find words that will soothe your soul and open your mind.

Replete with the popular masterpieces of the greatest poets of all time, this keepsake includes American classics such as "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Hiawatha's Childhood," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; "Concord Hymn," by Ralph Waldo Emerson; and "God Save the Flag," by Oliver Wendell Holmes, which will bolster the spirit with such rousing lines as: "Emblem of justice and mercy to all:/Justice that reddens the sky with her terrors,/Mercy that comes with her white-handed train." Here, too, is a cavalcade of beloved nature poems from Shelley's skylark (that "blithe spirit") to Frost's mending wall (which "makes good neighbors"); from Joyce Kilmer's lovely trees to Wordsworth's golden daffodils, of which he has so memorably written, "I wander'd lonely as a cloud/That floats on high o'er vales and hills,/When all at once I saw a crowd,/A host, of golden daffodils."

A veritable who's who of classic poets, inside you'll find such luminaries as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, William Shakespeare, and many, many more. While dedicated fans will revel in their favorites, newcomers to poetry are sure to discover verses to cherish amongst these unforgettable works that continue to enrich the lives of so many. In addition to the poems themselves, the book also contains a collection of popular prose, including the Gettysburg Address, the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, and the full text of Patrick Henry's famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech.

Revisit all your favorite verses in this classic collection of unforgettable masterpieces.

A timeless collection of the world's most cherished verse and stirring prose

Charge of the Light Brigade

Alfred Tennyson

In Flanders Fields

Lieut.-Col. John McCare

Not in Vain

Emily Dickinson

O Captain! My Captain!

Walt Whitman

The Daffodils

William Wordsworth

To a Skylark

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Flag Goes By

Henry Holcomb Bennett

Solitude

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

That Time of Year

William Shakespeare

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809299860
• ISBN 13: 9780809299867
• Binding: Hardcover