Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian …
Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems…
Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. He was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England. After leaving sch…
A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…
The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…
The title poem was inspired by various images which Browning saw while living in Italy, an old tower in the Carrara Mountains, a painting in…
A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…
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