Adam Gowans admits that he chose the title because it would sell, but the selection itself is thoughtful. Arranged alphabetically by poet, from anonymous ballads through Arnold, Burns, Browning and Milton to the Romantics and Victorians, it gathers short lyric poems that most readers of 1904 would have known and loved.
A compact, well-chosen anthology for dipping into or reading aloud. Download the free EPUB.