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Sir Henry Newbolt


A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…

Poems of Pilgrimage

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Thomas Hardy


A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…

Tannhäuser

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Richard Wagner


The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…

Poems Concerning the Slave Trade

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Robert Southey


Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems…

Selection from Poems

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Alexander Pushkin


Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian …

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

Poems (Version 2)

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Wilfred Owen


The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…

The Captive's Escape

In Birds, Vol. II, No 3, September 1897

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Various


Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

Wilhelm II., 1888

In Morna Lee, and Other Poems

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Mary Hannay Foott


Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…

The Last of the Minamoto

In The Story of Japan

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Robert van Bergen and Robert Van Bergen


Robert van Bergen was one of the first Americans to enter Japan after the country opened its borders to foreign visitors following centuries…

Eleanor Stevens' will, by Isabel Scott Stone

In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 06 March 1896

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Various


The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Poem: Why Are You Weeping, Sister?

In Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

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Ernest A. Bell


A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

Frederick Barbarossa at the feet of the Pope, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1…

In The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

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Eva March Tappan


This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …