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A Boy's Will is a collection of poetry by Robert Frost. It is Frost's first commercially published book of poems. Frost admitted that much of the work was autobiographical. As the proof sheets were printed in January 1913, he wrote the poems were "pretty near being the story of five years"...

“Het “Nieuwe Leven”, het “boekske” waarin de ongeveer zeven-en-twintig jarige Dante zijn jeugdliefde verhaalt, is een der wonderlijkste en tevens wonderbaarste scheppingen der dichtkunst. Wonderlijk is het om die zekere eigenaardigheden, waarvan enkele reeds Dante’s tijdgenooten hebben...

Aankomst der beide Dichters op het andere Halfrond; ontmoeting met Cato van Utica, die hun de eerste voorschriften geeft. 1 Om koers te zetten over beter water, hijscht nu het scheepje van mijn ingeborenheid de zeilen, dat zóó gruwbare zee achter zich laat: 4 en zingen zal ik van...

Inferno (Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles...

The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus, accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury during the unknown years of Jesus. The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation describing a Second...

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of poetry by William BlakeTable Of ContentsAuguries Of InnocenceSamsonThe Everlasting GospelThe Marriage Of Heaven And HellThe Song Of LosThelSongs of InnocenceSongs of Experience

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Book of Ahania (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Book of Ahania is one of the English poet William Blake's prophetic books. It was...

Both as poet and painter, William Blake created uncompromising, highly original art. He was strongly influenced by the spiritual: he claimed to have seen angels, and to have spoken with the many supernatural beings who populated his verses. Blake's powerful use of language truly makes it possible--as...

The Gates of Paradise, were first published in a limited run in 1793, Blake later changed the title to For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, and added several more drawings as well as a preface and concluding verse, publishing this version in 1818. The seventeen emblematic drawings and their commentaries...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Milton A Poem (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810....

"Songs of Innocence" was the first of Blake's illuminated books published in 1789. It is a cheerful and optimistic volume which concerns itself with such themes as springtime, children's games, the freedom of the human spirit, and a kind and loving God. "Songs of Experience" is...

First published in a limited run in 1793 Blake later changed the title to For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, and added several more drawings as well as a preface and concluding verse, publishing this version in 1818.The seventeen emblematic drawings and their commentaries depict the life of man...

This brief drama addressed to Lord Byron, whose Cain, a Mystery appeared in 1821, treats the themes of revenge, atonement, forgiveness, and self-annihilation through the reactions of Adam, Eve, Satan, and Jehovah to the first murder. The two plates of the work were etched in relief in 1822. William...