William Ernest Henley “Invictus” Poem animation
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The Golden Treasury This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in theattempt made to include in it all the best original Lyrical pieces andSongs in our language, by writers not living,–and none beside the best.Many familiar verses will hence be met with; many also which should befamiliar:–the Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who lovePoetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not … |
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Christina G. Rossetti – Poems An Excerpt from the book- IGOBLIN MARKET, ETC. Goblin Market In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857 Dream-land At Home From Sunset to Starrise Love from the North Winter Rain A Dirge Confluents Noble Sisters Spring The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860 A Birthday Remember After Death An End My Dream Song The Hour and the Ghost A Summer Wish An Apple Gathering Song Maude Clare Echo Winter: My Secret Anot… |
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Henry Timrod – Poems of Henry Timrod An excerpt from the book-They slander thee, Old Traveler, Who say that thy delight Is to scatter ruin, far and wide, In thy wantonness of might: For not a leaf that falleth Before thy restless wings, But in thy flight, thou changest it To a thousand brighter things. Thou passest o’er the battlefield Where the dead lie stiff and stark, Where naught is heard save the vulture’s scream, And the gaunt … |
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Spoon River Anthology $25.69 From a cemetery in a mythical small town in Illinois, the dead rise and speak about their lives. Each free-verse monologue stands as an epitaph for the person speaking, yet the play is ultimately about life, not death. Featuring 50 performers with sp… |
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Cactus Hotel $17.77 In words and pictures fascinating to even the youngest child, the desert world is brought to life in this poetic story about the life–and death–of a giant saguaro cactus. Full color throughout. |
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I and I (Reinforced Hardcover) $15.4 “A biography in verse about the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life, including his biracial heritage, Rastafarian beliefs, and love of music. End notes on poems provide further biographical inf… |
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So Long! $29.95 Explores Whitman’s intimate and lifelong concern with mortality and his troubled speculations about the afterlife.Walt Whitman is unquestionably a great poet of the joys of living. But, as Harold Aspiz demonstrates in this s… |
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Healing Earthquakes $10.58 Baca says of this volume of his poetry: “This collection is about the destruction and creation of an individual on his path through life.” Baca`s “path” was a particularly harrowing one–all the way from prison as an adolescent, where he first began |
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Heaven`s Coast $10.09 A memoir by the poet Mark Doty (winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for “My Alexandria”) about the death of his lover from AIDS. His grieving is compounded by the knowledge that he himself is HIV negative, and much of this work exp |
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In Search of Duende (Paperback) $9.85 The notion of ?duende?–a demonic earth spirit embodying irrationality, earthiness, and a heightened awareness of death–became a cornerstone of Lorca`s poetics. In Search of Duende gathers Lorca`s writings about the duende and three art forms… |
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Dog Years (Paperback) $9.99 Award-winning poet Mark Doty writes with grace and insight about the profound impact his dogs Arden and Beau had on his life during the terrible period while his lover was dying of AIDS. |
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Defiance $12.36 While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow. |
