Poems of Vision and Prophecy

David Stanford Burr, Editor

Published by Barnes & Noble Poetry Library, 2002

About this Item

This 4 1/2" X 6", 255-page offering in NF/NF- condition is Poems of Vision and Prophecy, Edited by David Stanford Burr, and published by Barnes & Noble Poetry Library in 2002. Not an ex-library copy, the book is in superb shape, while the dust jacket's only flaw is some very modest shelf wear at bottom edge of jacket's spine. From front and back inside flaps, "In [this book] , some of the world's greatest poets are featured in a powerful collection that includes such classic poems as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'The Day Is Done', Lord Byron's 'Prometheus', Emily Dickinson's 'Because I could not stop for Death', and William Blake's 'The Tyger'. No refrain could be more haunting than Edgar Allan Poe's 'Quoth the Raven, Nevermore', no soliloquy more anguished than that written for Hamlet by William Shakespeare. And few poets can evoke so eloquently the mystery and beauty of life as do John Keats in 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Walt Whitman in 'As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life'. From the Biblical verses of Ecclesiastes to the electrifying pulse of Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', [this volume] is a journey through the realm of imagination, belief, and spiritual revelation." You will find over 90 selections within the covers of this small but mighty offering, which seems to offer something for just about everyone's tastes! Also features Table of Contents, Index of Authors, and Index of First Lines. Thank you very much!!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poems of Vision and Prophecy
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Poetry Library
• Publication Date: 2002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First As Such
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: NF-