These pages should meet with any readers inclined, like their writer, "To seek and to admire the veiled truth and solemn beauty of the elder time, they will add their humble testimony to the fact, that whatever be the purpose and tendencies of the time we live in, we are not all unmindful of the...
The contents of this volume befit the verse-form, as if each were made by and for the other. The subjects are simple, large, weighty; the form is compact, strong, suggestive. Bjornson is distinctly not subjectively lyrical, but has a place in the first rank "as a choral lyric poet and as an epic...
Adam and Eve's innocence in paradise, their fall from grace, and the origin of Satan are explored in this groundbreaking book of poetry.
It focuses on the idea of 'hunger', but in a literal and in a spiritual sense. After wandering in the wilderness for forty days Jesus is starved of both food and the Word of God. Satan, too blind to see any non-literal meanings of the term, offers Christ food and infinite power in order to satiate...
He based his works on a group of fictitious characters who regularly gathered at the old Sudbury Tavern. Lyman Howe was the character featured in The Landlord's Tale, in which Longfellow penned the immortal phrase, "Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere".
Segments of the epic have been selected to convey a general idea of the account it gives of the historical and legendary events. Chesterton interweaves historical information with references to a great deal of mythical and religious lore. Ready for download now!
The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems by H. W. Longfellow. Ready for download now!
A group of pilgrims embark on a long journey, and each of the characters reflect the irony and criticism of the church at the time.
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke by Rupert Brooke. Ready for download now!
Unique and poignant poetry exploring the themes of love, nature, domesticity, and death.