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Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …

Over Here and Over There

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Harry Zody


In publishing this book I have no intention whatsoever to offer a work of great literary value. As such it would undoubtedly be a failure, …

Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)

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Henry Lawson


Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…

The India Wharf

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Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet.

Selections from Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


These are twelve magnificent poems that convey the brilliant talent of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at its best. These are poems that speak of…

The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales

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Richard Connell


Collection of short stories originally published in the Saturday Evening Post.

Stray Pebbles From The Shores Of Thought

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Elizabeth Porter Gould


A collection of poetry by the Boston poetess. Sections are nature, love, miscellaneous, sonnets and 'for my nieces and nephews'. - Summary b…

The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories

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Victor Bridges


Collection of short stories by prolific British fantasy writer, Victor Bridges. Stories include A Bit of Old Chelsea and The Bronze-Haired G…

Cottage Poems

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Patrick Brontë


Patrick Brontë (father of the famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anna) is mainly remembered as a father, reverend and tea…

Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 3)

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Sonnets from the Portuguese chronicles the deeply personal stages of courtship. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)

Precepts in Practice; or, Stories Illustrating the Proverbs

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Charlotte Maria Tucker


Fifteen short stories that are full of morals and wisdom, warmth and comfort, charm and wit—all inspired by the book of Proverbs. Each of th…

A Song of the Guns

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Gilbert Frankau


"A Song of the Guns was written under what are probably the most remarkable conditions in which a poem has ever been composed. The auth…

Verses

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Hilaire Belloc


A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson

The Principles of the Christian Religion Expressed in Plain and Easy Verse

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Philip Doddridge


The little verses now before the reader were written at the desire of my most worthy and honoured friend, the Reverend Mr. Clark of St. Alba…

The Sirens Three -- Queen Summer

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Walter Crane


Walter Crane (1845 - 1915) was a renowned artist and the illustrator of numerous books, among them "The Happy Prince and Other Stories&…

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

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Robert W. Service


Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…

The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge

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Francis Ledwidge


Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…

In the Net of the Stars

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F. S. Flint


English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…

Infelicia

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Adah Isaacs Menken


Adah Isaacs Menken's short life was full and eventful. Probably born in the American South, she travelled, wrote journalism, became famous a…

English Stornelli

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Augusta Webster


In this sequence Augusta Webster experimented with eight-line verses grouped thematically by the seasons of the year. These poems also explo…

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