Complaining that earlier anthologies of American verse included too much, Frederic Lawrence Knowles set out to gather only the finest lyrics, about one hundred and fifty of them. Poe’s “Annabel Lee” and Woodworth’s “The Bucket” sit beside Thoreau and many lesser-known poets of the nineteenth century, arranged in books from the early republic onward.
A compact and discriminating anthology ideal for browsing the American lyric tradition. Download the free EPUB.