Poetry Books

Songs of Action

Arthur Conan Doyle

Songs of Action, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a collection of lyric poems about battle, courage, and patriotism. The verses reflect their authors own political leanings much more clearly than his fiction..

A Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear

A Book of Nonsense is a collection of humorous poems written by Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose a..

To the Old Pagan Religion

H. P. Lovecraft

To the Old Pagan Religion is a poem written by H. P. Lovecraft, an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he spent most of his life there, and..

Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare

Horatius Flaccus Quintus

The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around 18 B.C. In it, Horace defines and exemplifies the nature, s..

O, it was out by Donnycarney

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential..

The Congo and Other Poems

Vachel Lindsay

The Congo is one of the best-known poems by American poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). It was revolutionary in its use of sounds and rhythms — as sounds and rhythms — and includes elaborate annotations..

The Owl and the Pussycat

Edward Lear

 The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable feature is the introduction of the runcible spoon.    ..

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

Burton Egbert Stevenson

Burton Egbert Stevenson was an American author, anthologist, and librarian. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on 9 November 1872, and attended Princeton University 1890–1893. He married Elizabeth Shepa..