The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time

Author: Leslie Pockell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446511935
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction. Words of Love...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Revisit the Classics: "He Is More Than a Hero" by Sappho Sonnet 18 ("Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds") by William Shakespeare "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron Enjoy Old Favorites: "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear "When I Was One and Twenty" by A. E. Housman Make Surprising Discoveries: "Your Catfish Friend" by Richard Brautigan "To Alice B. Toklas" by Gertrude Stein "Valentine" by Donald Hall "True Love" by Judith Viorst Carry this book wherever you go. It's a perfect companion to read alone or to share with that special person in your life. The 100 Best Love Poems of all Time.

Great Love Poems

Author: Shane Weller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111520
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Over 150 familiar works by English and American poets: John Donne's "The Ecstasy," William Blake's "The Garden of Love," as well as poems by Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Whitman, Dickinson, many more.

Love Poems

Author: Peter Washington
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0679429069
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a universal experience of the human soul. Includes poems by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, W. H. Auden, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Graves, e. e. cummings, Dorothy Parker, William Shakespeare, Sappho, Bhartrhari, Anna Akhmatova, and W. B. Yeats, among many others.

The Classic Hundred Poems

Author: William Harmon
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231112598
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Contains one hundred of the most anthologized poems in the English language, and includes notes, profiles of the authors, and bibliographic information; presented in chronological order with a glossary, and author, title, and first line indexes.

The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher: Rock Point Gift & Stationery
ISBN: 1631068415
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Share in Dickinson’s admiration of language, nature, and life and death, with The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson.

A Book of Love Poetry

Author: Jon Stallworthy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195042320
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
Poets through the ages offer interpretations of love's changing moods and forms.

The Best Love Poems Ever

Author: David Rohlfing
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439573900
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
An anthology of love poems features the works of such notable poets as William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Lord Byron, and Robert Browning.

Love Poem Collection

Author: George Chityil
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781469961439
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Whether you are thinking about ways to convey your feelings to your love, or trying to find words to say how that other person touched your heart, then this book is for you.

Love Poems from Around the World

Author: Hippocrene Books (Firm)
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781807524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428

Book Description
From one corner of the globe to the other-and among the diverse countries, cultures and peoples in between-one thing will always remain universal: the powerful grasp of love. This charming, extensive collection of over 350 poems from around the world celebrates love in all of its unique facets. From the countryside of Ireland tot he city streets of China, the reader is swept away on an amazing cross-cultural journey through lost love, love's follies, love's strength, unrequited love, and love attained.

100 Best Poems of All Time

Author: Leslie M. Pockell
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613510608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This compact volume features the greatest hits collection of the 100 best poems ever written. The authors are each represented by one of his or her best-known and best-loved works. Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance.