21) 205. Wapentake by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed.
1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Art thou, O sweet historian of the heart! Therefore to thee the laurel-leaves belong, To thee our love and our allegiance, For thy allegiance to the poet s art....
22) 423. The Poet's Secret by Elizabeth Stoddard. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed.
1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...And wait beside the steadfast sea. I question melancholy eyes, I touch the lips of women fair: 10 Their lips and eyes may make me wise, But what I seek for is not...
23) 1529. The Poet and the Child by Winifred Howells. Stedman, Edmund Clarence,
ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...But what is fair; so shall he much enjoy. She lightly laughed as she regained the band Now strolling on (to her it seemed a jest 10 Turned for her pleasure); but...
24) 385. Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar by Allen Upward. The Intoxicated
Poet. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology
... A POET, having taken the bridle off his tongue, spoke thus: More fragrant than the heliotrope, which blooms all the year round, better than vermilion letters on...
25) 122. Bartol by Amos Bronson Alcott. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An
American Anthology, 1787-1900
...Due meed of praise, strict in thy just award. Can other pulpits with this preacher cope? I glory in thy genius, and take hope! 15...
26) 1353. The First Song by Richard Burton. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900.
An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...A POET writ a song of May That checked his breath awhile; He kept it for a summer day, Then spake with half a smile: Oh, little song of purity, 5 Of mystic to-and-fro,...
27) Inferno [Hell]. Canto XXVII. Dante Alighieri. 1909-14. The Divine Comedy.
The Harvard Classics
...Forth issuing, drew our eyes that way to look. 5 As the Sicilian bull, 1 that rightfully His cries first echoed who had shaped its mould, Did so rebellow, with the...
28) Paradise. Canto VIII. Dante Alighieri. 1909-14. The Divine Comedy. The
Harvard Classics
...Now obvious, and now averse, the sun. I was not ware that I was wafted up 15 Into its orb; but the new loveliness, That graced my lady, gave me ample proof That we...
29) Milton's Introduction to Samson Agonistes. Milton, John. 1909-14. Complete
Poems. The Harvard Classics
...Harpings and Song between. Heretofore men in highest dignity have laboured not a little to be thought able to compose a tragedy. Of that honour Dionysius the elder...
30) 520. The Poet's Dream. Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1909-14. English Poetry II:
From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics
...ON a Poet s lips I slept Dreaming like a love-adept In the sound his breathing kept; Nor seeks nor finds he mortal blisses, But feeds on the ae¨rial kisses 5 Of shapes...
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