by Thomas Gray
First published 2017
This anthology brings together forty-one of England's most celebrated poems and verses. The collection spans centuries of literary achievement, from Shakespeare's sonnets to the war poetry of Wilfred Owen. Readers will find John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud," Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," William Blake's "London," and Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty." The volume includes Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale," and Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott." Lighter works appear alongside weightier pieces, featuring Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" and Lewis Carroll's "You Are Old, Father William" next to Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" and W.E. Henley's "Invictus." The range extends from Robert Burns's love songs to Rupert Brooke's wartime reflections, offering both the striking imagery of the Romantics and the accessible charm of Victorian verse.
Genres: classics, anthologies, 20th-century, british-literature, poetry, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, historical
Setting: England, Country Churchyard, Dover Beach
Period: World War I, Victorian Era, Romantic Period
65 pages · Paperback · Independently published