Poetry for young people

Presents a collection of poems by the beloved American author who, as a young man, travelled across the Midwest as a hobo.

An illustrated selection of twenty-seven complete or excerpted poems by the renowned nineteenth-century New England poet. Also includes information about his life.

How doth the little crocodile -- Beautiful soup -- 'Tis the voice of the lobster -- Father William -- Brother and sister -- Humpty Dumpty's song -- Tweedledum and tweedledee -- Matilda Jane -- Mock turtle's song -- Mock turtle's song -- early version -- Walrus and the carpenter -- White rabbit's evidence -- Jabberwocky -- White knight's song -- Sea dirge -- Poeta fit, non nascitur -- Horrors -- Dreamland -- White queen's song -- Hunting of the snark...

Introduces the poetry of William Shakespeare through a sampling of sonnets and excerpts from his plays. Midsummer night's dream -- Sonnet 18 -- Merchant of Venice -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Tempest -- Hamlet -- Sonnet 116 -- Henry V -- Sonnet 29 -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Henry IV, part one -- As you like it -- Richard II -- Tempest -- Midsummer night's dream -- Richard II -- Henry V -- Othello -- Macbeth -- Twelfth night -- Hamlet -- King Lear...

A brief profile of the nineteenth century English poet, Alfred Tennyson, accompanies selections from some of his best known works.

An illustrated collection of nineteen popular poems by William Wordsworth, who was the poet laureate of England in the mid-nineteenth century. Includes an introduction to the poet's life and work.

William Blake's highly personal messages of humanity and social conscience are as relevant today as in 18th-century London. Although Blake's works were ignored or dismissed until long after his death, their directness and unsentimental simplicity will strike a chord with many today.