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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces...

This collection gathers together the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett's English poems (including Whoroscope, his first published verse), English translations of poems by Eluard, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Chamfort, and poems in French, several of which are presented in translation.

the four corners contain a varied collection of poetry that has been compiled from work stretching back over 20 years. the four corners themselves thread through the collection and are linked in purpose and intent. those 4 poems tell a story to which the reader must unravel, decipher but ultimately...

An inspirational collection of Celtic Poetry compiled by the leading authority on the Celtic tradition.

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration...

George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though he is a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection. Herbert experimented brilliantly...

Aurora Leigh is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth-century poem of contemporary life. This verse-novel is a richly detailed representation of the early Victorian age. The social panorama extends from the slums of London, through the literary world, to the upper classes and a number of superb...

The archetypal Restoration rake, Rochester wrote poems of love, debauchery, erotic obsession and impotence full of honesty and raw power.

2 works of John Clare English poet (1793-1864) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of John Clare. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Life and Remains of John Clare -  The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet Poems Chiefly from Manuscript

This is a collection of poems that I have compiled over a six month period to provide a "time-lapse" record of my existence. Things I have felt, thought about, everyday occurrences to the more bizarre events. Hobbies, duties, spirituality and an awareness of environment in all its forms will hopefully...

A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul. George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms...

I have heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods  Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees  Hum in the lime tree flowers; and put away  The unavailing outcries and the old bitterness  That empty the heart. I have forgot awhile  Tara uprooted, and new commonness  Upon...

Tony Harrison published his first pamphlet of poems in 1964 and for over fifty years has been a prominent force in modern poetry. His poetic range is truly far-reaching, from the intimate tenderness of family life and personal love, to war poems written from Bosnia and savage public outcries...

Centered on recurring themes of sleep and sleeplessness, this delicate collection of poetry explores the nuances of human relationships. Beginning provocatively with a “translation” of Shakespeare’s 18th sonnet, the poems offer witty, tender, and lyrical reflections on the intricate suffusion...