Poetry Books

The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem

Luís de Camões

The Lusiad is a Portuguese epic poetry written by Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of S..

John Marr and Other Sailors

Herman Melville

John Marr and Other Sailors is a volume of poetry published by Herman Melville in 1888. Melville published twenty-five copies at his own expense, indicating that they were intended for family and frie..

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays

Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays is a collection of poems and essays written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the major English Romantic poets, who is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and..

Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry

Wilhelm Alfred Braun

Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry is a criticism on German poetry written by Wilhelm Alfred Braun.Author's Preface:The work which is presented in the following pages is intended to be a modes..

The Wind

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Wind is a collection of poems written by Robert Louis Stevenson,  a Scottish novelist and travel writer...

The Congo, and Other Poems

Vachel Lindsay

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

O cancioneiro portuguez da Vaticana

Teófilo Braga

O cancioneiro portuguez da Vaticana is a 19th century Portuguese poem written by Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga, a Portuguese writer, playwright, politician and the leader of the Republican..

Three Unpublished Poems

Louisa May Alcott

Three Unpublished Poems is a collection of 3 poems written during the juvenile days by Louisa May Alcot, an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men ..