One Hundred and One Famous Poems

Poems come and go; only a few evocative masterpieces stand the test of time. Who can forget Edgar Allen Poe's "the Raven" or Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas"? One Hundred and One Famous Poems collects some of the best-known and most-loved poetry in our language. This lively, free-ranging anthology spans several centuries of British and American verse. From William Shakespeare to Robert Browing; from John Milton to Edna St Vincent Milay; from Robert Burns to Walt Whitman. The collection includes such classics as Shelley's Ode to the West Wind, Joyce Kilmer's Trees and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Raul Revere's Ride. fully indexed by title, author, and first line, One Hundred and One Famous Poems offers a superb gathering of great poetry that sustains us.