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Favorite Parlour Poetry : An Annotated Anthology (Dover Books on Literature Drama)
Favorite Parlour Poetry An Annotated Anthology - Dover Books on Literature Drama Author:Michael R. Turner 117 gems by Longfellow, James Whitcomb Riley, Tennyson, Browning, John Greenleaf Whittier, dozens of lesser-known poets. Many poems difficult to find elsewhere. Unabashed sentimentality, patriotism, pious exhortations, other staples of Victorian verse. "The Village Blacksmith," "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Li... more »ps That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine," other chestnuts. Preface. Index of poets, titles and first lines.« less