Selected Poems

Brought together for the first time in one volume are the astonishing poems of the nation's new Poet Laureate--the young... (more)

Brought together for the first time in one volume are the astonishing poems of the nation's new Poet Laureate--the youngest poet so named, as well as the first African-American chosen for the position. Contains The Yellow House on the Corner, Museum, and Thomas and Beulah, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. (less)

T. S. Eliot, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and widely honored for his poetry, criticism, essays, and plays, h... (more)

T. S. Eliot, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and widely honored for his poetry, criticism, essays, and plays, has had a profound influence on literature since the appearance of his first and instantly famous work, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," in 1917. From there, the twentieth-century poetic revolution took hold, and Eliot continued to lead the way. Selected Poems brings together much of Eliot's best-known poetry-some of the most celebrated verse in modern literature-including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Gerontion," "Whispers of Immortality," "The Waste Land," and "The Hollow Men." (less)

Revel in the candid verse of Edna St. Vincent Millay, including such favorites as "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" and "R... (more)

Revel in the candid verse of Edna St. Vincent Millay, including such favorites as "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" and "Renascence." This lively selection casts Millay's career in a new light. Here are familiar favorites alongside neglected gems: translations, a verse play, songs from her opera libretto "The King's Henchman," and the complete sonnet sequence "Fatal Interview." (less)

This edition presents the original versions of many poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and ... (more)

This edition presents the original versions of many poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and literary attitudes later in his career. In this volume, Edward Mendelson has restored the early versions of some thirty poems generally considered to be superior to the later versions, allowing the reader to see the entire range of Auden's work. Selected and edited by Edward Mendelson. (less)

Drawing from every stage of his career, Derek Walcott's "Selected Poems "brings together famous pieces from his early vo... (more)

Drawing from every stage of his career, Derek Walcott's "Selected Poems "brings together famous pieces from his early volumes, including "A Far Cry from Africa" and "A City's Death by Fire," with passages from the celebrated "Omeros" and selections from his latest major works, which extend his contributions to reenergizing the contemporary long poem. Here we find all of Walcott's essential themes, from grappling with the Caribbean's colonial legacy to his conflicted love of home and of Western literary tradition; from the wisdom-making pain of time and mortality to the strange wonder of love, the natural world, and what it means to be human. We see his lifelong labor at poetic crafts, his broadening of the possibilities of rhyme and meter, stanza forms, language, and metaphor. Edited and with an introduction by the Jamaican poet and critic Edward Baugh, this volume is a perfect representation of Walcott's breadth of work, spanning almost half a century. (less)

This new addition to the elegant Library of Classic Poets series features selections from one of the best-loved poets of... (more)

This new addition to the elegant Library of Classic Poets series features selections from one of the best-loved poets of the early twentieth century. Elegantly packaged in a handsome edition with a satin ribbon marker, this volume is the perfect addition to any poetry library. From the prolific T.S. Eliot, a pioneer of modernism, here are his most groundbreaking works, including: - "The Wasteland" - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service" (less)

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Collects poems by William Wordsworth, including "Lucy Gray; or, Solitude", "Tintern Abbey," and "Composed upon Westminst... (more)

Collects poems by William Wordsworth, including "Lucy Gray; or, Solitude", "Tintern Abbey," and "Composed upon Westminster Bridge." (less)

From the Publisher: This gorgeous new collection gathers into one concise volume the finest work by Queen Victoria's fa... (more)

From the Publisher: This gorgeous new collection gathers into one concise volume the finest work by Queen Victoria's favorite poet. Whether steeped in sensuous melancholy, as in "Maud," or chivalric, heroic, and allegorical, as in "Morte D'Arthur," Tennyson's poetry epitomizes the Victorian age for which he became a spokesperson when named Poet Laureate of England in 1850. (less)

Robert Browning, a towering poetic presence of the Victorian era, was hailed by Henry James as a tremendous and incompar... (more)

Robert Browning, a towering poetic presence of the Victorian era, was hailed by Henry James as a tremendous and incomparable modern. The sheer immediacy and colloquial energy of his poetry ensure enduring appeal. Browning paints landscapes both suburban and sublime, combines lyric and demotic language, and introduces everyday events of the streets and marketplace into the rarified world of Victorian poetry. This edition includes examples from the early Dramatic Lyrics (1842) and Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845); from the masterpieces Mena and Women (1855) and Dramatis Personae (1864), and from the less familiar works of his later years. Together they convey the intensity, the lyric beauty, and the vitality of Browning's poetry. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. (less)

A collection of poems by John McAuliffe. (more)

A collection of poems by John McAuliffe. (less)

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Longfellow's most familiar poems, the bold recreations of colonial life "Evangeline" and "The Courtship of Miles Standis... (more)

Longfellow's most familiar poems, the bold recreations of colonial life "Evangeline" and "The Courtship of Miles Standish," are here, as well as less familiar short lyrics and narrative poems. Differing in tone, style, and theme, the works provide a full and authentic picture of Longfellow's sense of himself, and his understanding of the true state of the times in which he lived. As Lawrence Buell writes in his Introduction, "No one can fully comprehend the literary culture of nineteenth-century America without coming to terms with Longfellow's work." (less)