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One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous expression of feeling. This volume contains a rich selection from the most creative phase of his life, including extracts from his masterpiece, The Prelude, and the best-loved of his shorter poems such as 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', 'Tintern Abbey', 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', 'Lucy Gray', and 'Michael' • Together these poems demonstrate not only Wordsworth's astonishing range and power, but the sustained and coherent vision that informed his work

Уильям Блейк был гравером, художником и мистиком-визионером, а также одним из самых революционных поэтов-романтиков. Его творчество вызывало изумленное восхищение таких разных авторов, как Вордсворт, Раскин, У.Б.Йейтс, а совсем недавно - поэт-бит Аллен Гинзберг и поколение "цветочной силы". Он один из самых оригинальных художников Англии, чьи работы направлены на высвобождение творческой энергии и разрушение "скованных разумом оков" ограничений • Этот том содержит многие из его сочинений, в том числе: "Песни невинности", "Песни опыта", "Брак рая и ада", а также обширную подборку пророческих книг, включая "Мильтона" и "Иерусалим" • Книга на английском языке • William Blake was an engraver, painter and visionary mystic as well as one of the most revolutionary of the Romantic poets

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake ((1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. Whether describing his own spirituality, the innocence of youth or the corruption caused by mankind, his writings depict a world in which spirits dominate and the mind is the gateway to Heaven. This collection of his greatest works spans his entire poetic life from the early, exquisite lyrics of Poetic Sketches to his Songs of Innocence and Experience - a compelling exploration of good and evil. Together, they illuminate a self-made realm that has fascinated artists and poets as diverse as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Yeats and Ginsberg

Featuring the greatest love poems of all time, this collection brings together poets as diverse as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Christina Rossetti and Walt Whitman. As each brings their own unique approach to love, marriage and attraction the poems offer both tender tributes to romantic love and passionate exclamations that are sure to provoke an emotional response

Poems to make you smile! Critically acclaimed poet Roger McGough has drawn together a fantastic collection of upbeat poems to bring happiness into your day with this uplifting collection Happy Poems • Perfect for happy children or those needing a little cheer, Roger reminds us that happiness can be found all around us in the everyday, in family, in books in nature and, of course, in our pets! Includes gems from the very best classic and contemporary poets, such as John Agard, Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Carol Ann Duffy, Joseph Coelho, William Wordsworth and William Blake

Whether he's getting into adventures with his band of Outlaws, or driving his family crazy, there's never a dull minute with William Brown around! • This bumper edition features 8 Meet Just William stories from the "voice of William" Martin Jarvis, with illustrations by Tony Ross. Includes: William's Birthday, The Christmas Truce, William Leads a Better Life, William and the Musician, William and the Hidden Treasure, William and the Snowman, Violet Elizabeth Runs Away and William Goes Shopping • Meet Just William is perfect for newly confident readers

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back and up to no good! • William is always in trouble, but sometimes it really isn't his fault. It was Ginger who showed him the book about Robin Hood, and it was Violet Elizabeth Bott's idea to steal from the rich and give to the poor • Unfortunately the only rich person they know is Violet's father, so William's latest plan to right the world's wrongs is sure to lead to catastrophe • Richmal Crompton's William the Conqueror is a collection of thirteen brilliant Just William stories with an introduction by actor and comedian Charlie Higson, appealing contemporary cover art by Joe Berger, along with the original inside illustrations by Thomas Henry • There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922

Сейчас Эмили Дикинсон (1830-1886) - самый читаемый в Америке поэт. Однако при ее жизни из большого творческого наследия - около 1800 стихов - были опубликованы менее десятка • В середине XIX века Соединенные Штаты Америки были обширной, оптимистичной, порой грубоватой страной. Похоже, ей было не до рассеянных в провинциальных газетах маленьких стихотворений Эмили Дикинсон, хрупкой незамужней женщины из небольшого городка в Новой Англии. Однако посмертная публикация книги ее стихов в 1890 году всколыхнула воображение читателей и дала пищу любопытству миллионов • В этом сборнике представлены избранные стихотворения Эмили Дикинсон • Книга на английском языке • Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence

Кристина Россетти широко известна как самая выдающаяся поэтесса Англии до начала двадцатого века. Ее творчество является неотъемлемой частью литературы девятнадцатого века • Произведения Кристины Россетти отличаются свежестью и четкостью мысли, в то время как ее любовные стихотворения чувственны и выражают любовь как к женщинам, так и к мужчинам. В этом сборнике собраны стихи на разнообразные темы, волнующие Россетти • Книга на английском языке • Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerable woman poet in England before the twentieth century. No reading of nineteenth century poetry can be complete without attention to this prolific and popular poet. Rosetti's inner life dominates her poetry, exploring loss and unattainable hope

"…Убери свой клюв из моего сердца и сними свой облик с моей двери!" Сказал Ворон: "Никогда" • Эта подборка поэтических произведений Эдгара Аллана По включает в себя некоторые из его самых известных произведений, в том числе триумфальную, ликующую "Колокола", трагическую оду "Аннабель Ли" и его знаменитый готический роман "Ворон" • Некоторые представляют собой мощные, кошмарные образы жуткого и причудливого, в то время как в сердце других живет глубокое чувство любви, красоты и утраты • Все они являются лингвистическими шедеврами, демонстрирующими дар Эдгара По сочетать ритм, форму и смысл • Книга на английском языке • HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics • ' "…Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" • Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore

Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched with luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators, among them W.S. Merwin, John Updike, Robert Fitzgerald, Mark Strand and Alastair Reid

Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a landmark collection of poems that marks the beginning of the English Romantic Movement in literature. Co-written by friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the collection broke away from traditional poetic form. Of the twenty-three poems, Wordsworth penned works such as 'Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey' and 'The Idiot Boy' that use colloquial speech and take the everyday as their theme. The collection also includes Coleridge's greatest poem 'The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere', a supernatural tale of a sailor's voyage