Portable Romantic Poets

W.H. Auden was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960. After the publication of his Poems in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the 'thirties poets'. His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china. In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen. He died in 1973.

• The Portable Romantic PoetsIntroductionGeneral PrinciplesA Calendar of British and American PoetryWilliam Blake (1757-1827)Song: Memory hither comeMad SongSong: How sweet I roam'd from field to fieldTo SpringFrom Songs of Innocence:Introduction: Piping down the valleys wildThe Little Black BoyThe Divine ImageOn Another's SorrowFrom Songs of Experience:Introduction: Hear the voice of the Bard!The TygerA Poison TreeThe Sick RoseAh! Sun-FlowerLondonInfant SorrowThe Human AbstractNever seek to tell thy loveMock on, Mock on, Voltaire, RousseauThe Mental TravellerThe Crystal CabinetAuguries of InnocenceFor the Sexes: The Gates of ParadiseFrom Milton: And did those feet in ancient timeThe Book of ThelRobert Burns (1759-1796) The Jolly Beggars: A CantataAddress to the DeilHoly Willie's PrayerTam Samson's ElegyOpen the Door to Me, Oh!The Poet's Welcome to His Love-begotten DaughterA Red, Red RoseYe flowery banksSimmer's a pleasant timeO whistle, and I'll come to you, my ladIt was a' for our rightfu' kingAe fond kissGeorge Crabbe (1754-1832) From The Village: Village LifeFrom The Borough: Peter GrimesFrom Sir Eustace Grey: Peace, peace, my friendPhilip Freneau (1752-1832) From The House of Night: By some sad meansThe Wild HoneysuckleThe Indian Burying GroundThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum, a Village MerchantFitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867) On the Death of Joseph Rodman DrakeThe Field of the Grounded ArmsSir Walter Scott (1771-1832) The Eve of Saint JohnFrom Marmion:Song: Where shall the lover restThe BattleFrom The Lady of the Lake:The western waves of ebbing dayBoat SongPibroch of Donuil DhuProud MaisieSamuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) PhantomThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerKubla Khan: or, A Vision in a DreamDejection: An OdeThis Lime-Tree Bower My PrisonFrost at MidnightWilliam Wordsworth (1770-1850) There was a BoyTo H. C.It is a beauteous evening, calm and freeThe world is too much with usComposed upon Westminster BridgeLondon, 1802Where lies the LandRuthResolution and IndependenceThe Affliction of MargaretThree years she grew in sun and showerA slumber did my spirit sealShe was a Phantom of delightStepping WestwardThe Solitary ReaperA ComplaintGreat men have been among usMutabilityLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern AbbeyOde: Intimations of ImmortalityFrom The Prelude (1850):Introduction - Childhood and School-TimeSummer VacationBooksCambridge and the AlpsResidence in LondonResidence in FranceResidence in France (continued)Imagination and TasteConclusionHartley Coleridge (1796-1849) Long time a child, and still a child, when yearsTo a Deaf and Dumb Little GirlLines -: I have been cherished and forgivenWilliam Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) To a WaterfowlSummer WindThe PrairiesWalter Savage Landor (1775-1864) Lately our poets Rose AylmerIanthe Grateful Acacia!To Our House-Dog CaptainDirceDeath stands above me AgeIzaac Walton, Cotton, and William OldwaysMimnermus incert.Ternissa! You are fled Dull is my verseThomas Moore (1779-1852) The Meeting of the WatersBelieve me, if all those endearing young charmsIll OmensAt the mid hour of nightOft, in the stilly night'Tis the last rose of summerTo ladies' eyesThey may rail at this lifeI wish I was by that dim LakeGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) So, we'll go no more a rovingShe walks in beautyAnd thou art deadFare thee wellDarknessFrom Childe Harold's Pilgrimage:Lake LemanThe OceanFrom Don Juan:Donna JuliaGulbeyazLady Adeline AmundevillePercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Lines Written Among the Euganean HillsFrom Charles the First: A widow birdFrom Prometheus Unbound: Life of lifeOde to the West WindThe CloudHymn of PanTo -: Music, when soft voices dieFrom Hellas: ChorusAdonaisLines: When the lamp is shatteredThe Triumph of LifeGeorge Darley (1795-1846) From Nepenthe: The UnicornThe Mermaidens' Vesper HymnFrom Ethelstan: O'er the wild gannet's bathJohn Keats (1795-1821) On First Looking into Chapman's HomerSonnet: Keen fearful gusts are whisperingTo SleepSonnet: Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou artA Song About MyselfOde to a NightingaleOde on a Grecian UrnOde to PsycheTo AutumnOde on MelancholyFragment of an Ode to MaiaFrom Endymion: Hymn to PanLa Belle Dame Sans MerciThe Eve of St. AgnesFrom Hyperion: Deep in the shady sadness of a valeLeigh Hunt (1784-1859) The Fish, the Man, and the SpiritThomas Hood (1799-1845) Sonnet to VauxhallA Friendly AddressSilence I remember, I rememberThe Sea of DeathOde: AutumnWinthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839) From Every Day Characters:The VicarPortrait of a LadyGood-Night to the SeasonJohn Clare (1793-1864) I Am The Ploughboy Birds' LamentEmmonsail's Heath in WinterSchoolboys in Winter BadgerThe Frightened PloughmanGipsies AutumnClock-a-clay (The Ladybird)Secret LoveInvitation to EternityFragment: Language has not the powerRalph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) HamatreyaWater The SnowstormParks and pondsGive all to loveBacchusDaysMerlin: IIOde to BeautyLimits ExperienceThe PastTerminusHenry David Thoreau (1817-1862) The Old Marlborough RoadWhat's the railroad to me?I am a parcel of vain strivings tiedWho sleeps by day and walks by nightI was born upon thy bank, riverOn the Sun Coming Out in the AfternoonThe moon now rises to her absolute ruleTo a Marsh Hawk in Spring Great FriendAt midnight's hour I raised my headAmong the worst of men that ever livedTall AmbrosiaForever in my dream and in my morning thoughtFor though the caves were rabbitedI was made erect and loneTo the MountainsBetween the traveller and the setting sunI'm thankful that my life doth not deceiveWilliam Barnes (1801-1886) Zun-zetThe Clote (Water-Lily)The Wind at the DoorThe Lost Little SisterMy Love's Guardian AngelTo MeTokensThe FallJohn Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) IchabodFor Righteousness' SakeFrom Among the Hills: PreludeThe Dead Feast of the Kol-FolkThe Brewing of SomaJones Very (1813-1880) YourselfThe hand and footThy Brother's BloodThomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849) From Death's Jest-Book:Dirge: If thou wilt ease thine heartSong: Old Adam, the carrion crowEpithalamiaDirge: The swallow leaves her nestFrom Torrismond: How many times do I love thee dearDream-PedlaryEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) The City in the SeaThe SleeperThe Valley of UnrestThe Haunted PalaceTo HelenIsrafelFrom childhood's hourIndex of Titles and First LinesBiographical Notes0