Classicly Books
Poems of William Blake
William BlakeOne of the great Enlgish Romantic poets, William Blake was also an artist, mystic, and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Expe..
The Aeneid of Virgil
VirgilThe Aeneid is an epic poem written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. It's hero is Aeneas, a Trojan who travels from Troy to Italy to eventually found Rome. Some argue that the Aeneid is Virgil's answer..
Dante - His Times and His Work
Arthur John ButlerDANTE: HIS TIMES AND HIS WORK By Arthur John Butler An introduction to the life, times and work of Dante Alighieri, the great Italian poet. This reprint of a book published in 1902 includes chapters o..
Maha-bharata
AnonymousMaha-bharata The Epic of AncieThe Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the ..
The Ballad of the White Horse
G. K. ChestertonThe Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written in ballad form, the work has been described as o..
Spenser's The Faerie Queene
Edmund SpenserThe Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I to III were first published in 1590, and then republished in 1596 together with books IV to VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for it..
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
AnonymousThe Mahabharata is one of ancient India's major epic poems written in Sanskrit, the other being the Ramayana. Together they might be seen as the Iliad and Odyssey of the East, though the Mahabharata a..
The Ramayana
UnknownThe Ramayana is an ancient epic written in the Sanskrit. It is attributed to Valmiki, a Hindu sage living in the 4th or 5th century. It is an integral part of Hindu literature, sharing the stage with ..