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Poetry — page 8
617 public-domain poetry books, summarised. Page 8 of 13.
Poems
Josephine Daskam Bacon
Restless wanderers, grieving mothers, and forgotten spirits haunt this lyrical collection, where domestic tenderness collides with an unyielding urge to break free.
Poems, translated and original
E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet
This collection of verse and drama explores the weight of tradition, the fragility of personal agency, and the inescapable gravity of fate within the rigid, often unforgiving, structures of historical society.
The wounded Eros
Charles Gibson
The heart of a lover, wounded by its own affection, finds its only enduring relief by transforming rejection into art.
Poems
Muriel Stuart
A quiet seed in a dusty room holds an entire forest; a woman's captive spirit unclasps its chains to step toward the dawn as man's true equal.
Renascence: A Book of Verse
Walter Crane
Seeking a spot of shade beneath the noon to mark life’s fleeting lights, a traveler turns toward the harvest-home, gathering tangled stems of steadfast love, enduring memory, and the vibrant hope of a human spirit reborn.
Off the Bluebush
J. P. (John Philip) Bourke
The poetry of the Australian goldfields offers an unvarnished, rhythmic portrait of men living by the pick and the pint. It captures a rugged, transient existence where mateship is the only currency that never devalues.
The Freeman, and Other Poems
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
HOOK A bracing meditation on the necessity of independence, this collection finds strength in the cold clarity of loneliness and the defiant pursuit of truth, regardless of the cost.
Christmas at the hall : The hero's grave
T. J. (Thomas John) Terrington
The hearth is the center of the world, a sacred space where cold winds are shut out and the soul is warmed by the simple, enduring light of home and faith.
Day Dreams
Rudolph Valentino
A collection of fleeting, atmospheric verses, this work offers an intimate, unguarded glimpse into the private contemplations of a cinematic icon.
Halloween, a Romaunt
A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland) Coxe
A young man drifts through a feverish, supernatural vision of death and eternity, emerging with a renewed spiritual purpose that rejects earthly vanity for the hope of a heavenly home.
Spring Morning
Frances Darwin Cornford
A delicate observation of the natural world meets the sharp, interior ache of human solitude. These verses capture the fleeting transition from childhood wonder to the quiet, often heavy, realizations of adulthood.
Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem
Harriet Annie Wilkins
The story of a man haunted by a lost love and the redemptive power of secret brotherhood, this narrative explores how duty and faith can heal the fractures of a lifetime.
Poems: Pastoral and Psalm
Benjamin Copeland
A song of seasons and a seeker’s prayer, these verses map the landscape of the human spirit as it moves from the quiet beauty of a meadow toward the final, peaceful light of faith.
Rhymes of a Roughneck
Frank J. Cotter
The Northland is a crucible of cold, ambition, and greed, where the human spirit is forged in the silence of the wilderness. It is a rugged, unforgiving frontier where men come to chase gold and leave behind the remnants of their former lives.
Random Rhymes and Rambles
Bill o'th' Hoylus End
In the industrial landscape of nineteenth-century Yorkshire, a humble rhymester captures the rhythm of mill life, the toll of the seasons, and the stubborn dignity of the working man.
Dream-Songs for the Belovèd
Eleanor Farjeon
The seeker who walks the boundary between the mundane and the metaphysical will find a mirror here. These verses capture the precise, fragile vibration of a soul attempting to reconcile earthly love with the divine.
The Comet, and Other Verses
Irving Sidney Dix
This collection of verse captures the quiet, rugged spirit of the Pennsylvania highlands at the turn of the twentieth century. It functions as a humble, earnest souvenir of a vanishing rural landscape and a reflection on the fleeting nature of human existence.
By the Sea, and Other Verses
Baily, H. Lavinia, (Hannah Lavinia)
H. Lavinia Baily’s 1907 volume offers an earnest, spiritually grounded vision of peace, temperance, and quietly persistent devotion.
Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life
Eliza Paul Gurney
Decades of personal grief, spiritual testing, and quiet devotion find expression in verses that trace a lifetime of steadfast faith amid profound loss.
A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics
Francis Sherman
The shifting northern wilderness turns a lover's journey into an intimate, year-long meditation on memory, change, and mortal grief.
Beyond the Hills of Dream
Wilfred Campbell
Through majestic verses and quiet observations, this 1899 volume captures the raw, enduring power of the northern wilderness alongside profound spiritual wrestling.
Silhouettes
Arthur Symons
Ephemeral impressions, urban twilight, and fleeting encounters converge in a poetic exploration of modern sentiment where the artificial and natural blend seamlessly into delicate art.
Among the Trees Again
Evaleen Stein
A collection of lyrical observations, these poems map the quiet ache of human longing against the vibrant, shifting backdrop of the natural world.
Harps Hung up in Babylon
Arthur Colton
This collection of verse captures the quietude of a life spent in contemplation, offering a series of lyrical meditations on the passage of time and the beauty found in the margins of a busy world.
Gypsy Verses
Helen Hay Whitney
The wandering spirit of the open road meets the tethered ache of the human heart in these lyrical, evocative verses. This collection captures the tension between the freedom of the nomad and the deep, often painful, necessity of love.
Poetry
Thomas Oldham
A collection of earnest verses, satires, and odes that reflects the mid-19th-century appetite for moral instruction, patriotic fervor, and the witty, biting sting of the well-crafted epigram.
The Sunken Garden, and Other Poems
Walter De la Mare
A collection of verse written in the shadow of the Great War, these poems map the geography of the human interior. They explore the thin, porous border between our waking reality and the vast, silent regions of dream, grief, and memory.
Lays of ancient Virginia, and other poems
James Avis Bartley
The spirit of nineteenth-century Virginia breathes through these pages, capturing the intersection of colonial legend, romantic idealism, and a deep-seated devotion to the landscapes of the American South.
The ride to the lady, and other poems
Helen Gray Cone
A dying knight bound to his horse races against an unseen phantom, while kings and soldiers elsewhere reckon with the bitter taste of defeat. These verses capture the precise moment when earthly fury yields to eternal silence.
Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
Bliss Carman
The sea is a vast, indifferent tomb and an eternal siren, calling the restless toward an horizon where the living and the dead inevitably converge.
The Voyageur and Other Poems
William Henry Drummond
The life of the Canadian voyageur lives on in these rhythmic, dialect-driven verses that bridge the divide between the rugged wilderness and the warmth of the parish hearth.
1970: A Vision of the Coming Age
John Collins
A restless afternoon nap transports a weary soul one hundred years into the future, revealing a world transformed by the total victory of Christian love over the discord of the nineteenth century.
Argonaut and Juggernaut
Osbert Sitwell
The horizon of the early twentieth century looms over these pages, where the wreckage of a global catastrophe is parsed with the sharp, unforgiving edge of a modern sensibility. This collection of verse acts as a bridge between the fading aestheticism of the nineteenth century and the jagged, disillusioned reality…
Out of the Flame
Osbert Sitwell
A restless, sharp-edged collection of verse, this book cuts through the polite veneers of early twentieth-century society to expose the profound disconnection between the human spirit and a world obsessed with hollow tradition.
Oxford poetry, 1921
Unknown
Emerging from post-war Oxford, these young poets capture the fragile beauty of English landscapes shadowed by ghosts, raw grief, and the quiet persistence of nature.
Poems of reflection
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This collection of verse captures the Victorian and early twentieth-century American spirit, navigating the heavy currents of grief, domestic piety, and moral reform with earnest, rhythmic sincerity. It is a work of heartfelt observation, speaking directly to the ordinary burdens of the soul.
Songs of Labor, and Other Poems
Morris Rosenfeld
Over the clatter of needles and the deafening roar of machinery, a sweatshop tailor tries to remember what it feels like to be a human being.
The Witch-Maid, & Other Verses
Dorothea Mackellar
The vast, sun-drenched plains of Australia find a fierce and lyrical voice in this collection, where the landscape is not merely a setting, but a living, breathing participant in the human experience.
Mice & Other Poems
Gerald Bullett
The universe is a cruel, indifferent stage where humanity performs its brief, fragile dances before a silent audience. We are mere mice, scurrying beneath the gaze of a cat that watches our struggles with a cold, amused chuckle.
Our Profession and Other Poems
Jared Barhite
A school principal’s quiet, earnest reflections on the moral duty of teaching and the enduring solace of the natural world.
Sun-Up, and Other Poems
Lola Ridge
This collection of poetry captures the raw, jagged intensity of early 20th-century urban life, viewing the industrial world through the eyes of both the exploited and the dreaming. It is a work of fierce empathy, transforming the grim realities of poverty and labor into a resonant, rhythmic cry for liberation.
Aquarium
Harold Acton
HOOK This collection captures the brittle, jazz-age restlessness of the early 1920s, blending the mechanical hum of city life with the fevered, opulent dreams of youth.
Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse
John Oxenham
A quiet companion for the restless spirit, this collection of verse offers humble reflections on faith, duty, and the enduring presence of the divine in the midst of life's inevitable storms.
Blue and Purple
Francis Neilson
This collection of verse captures the ache of longing and the transformative power of a singular, idealized love. It serves as a lyrical record of one man’s devotion, charting the distance between profound isolation and the spiritual sanctuary found in his partner’s presence.
Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. (William Henry) Davies
This is a collection of verses that finds the miraculous in the mundane, holding the simple joys of nature against the crushing indifference of urban poverty. It is a lyrical meditation on the necessity of choosing beauty over bitterness.
Maurine and Other Poems
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A young woman’s quiet, idyllic life is shattered when her dear friend falls in love with the man she herself secretly desires. This narrative poem explores the painful path of renouncing one’s own heart to ensure the happiness of another.
Poems of Adoration
Michael Field
These verses offer a sustained, rhythmic contemplation of the Christian narrative, moving with an intense, painterly focus from the suffering of the Crucifixion to the quiet mystery of the Eucharist. They function as a deliberate exercise in spiritual longing, inviting the reader into a world where the boundaries…
The poems of Thomas Gordon Hake
Thomas Gordon Hake
This collection captures the enduring voice of a nineteenth-century observer who translates deep, meditative stillness into rhythmic verse. It is a portrait of a poet who views the world through a lens of solemn, dreamlike contemplation.