Poems (Everyman's Library POCKET POETS) - Hardcover

In the long history of English literature William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the writer who achieved the most dramatic transformations of the poetic scene almost singlehanded. A leading figure among the Romantic generation which included Coleridge and Scott, he created out of his personal communion with nature a new poetic which had a profound moral and spiritual influence on the entire nineteenth century. The present selection includes all his famous lyrics and substantial extracts from narrative poems including The Prelude.

Written in free metres, this selection of verse by one of America's major 19th century poets ranges across every kind of subject in a characteristically exalted mood. This volume covers every period of Whitman's career, and includes many poems from "Leaves of Grass".