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• BALLADSLord RandalSir Patrick SpensSIR THOMAS WYATTThe Lover Showeth How He Is Forsaken of Such as He Sometime EnjoyedCHRISTOPHER MARLOWEThe Passionate Shepherd to His LoveWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE"Sonnet XVIII ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?")""Sonnet LXXIII ("That time of year thou mayst in me behold")""Sonnet XCIV ("They that have power to hurt and will do none")""Sonnet CXVI ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds")"THOMAS NASHE"Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss"JOHN DONNEThe Good Morrow"Holy Sonnet X ("Death be not proud, though some have called thee")""Holy Sonnet XIV ("Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you")"BEN JONSONTo CeliaOn My First SonROBERT HERRICK"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"Upon Julia's ClothesGEORGE HERBERTLove Bade Me WelcomeEDMUND WALLER"Song ("Go, lovely Rose -")"JOHN MILTONOn His BlindnessOn His Deceased WifeSIR JOHN SUCKLING"Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?"RICHARD LOVELACE"To Lucasta, Going to the Wars"ANDREW MARVELLTo His Coy MistressHANRY VAUGHANThe RetreatTHOMAS GRAYElegy Written in a Country Churchyard"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes"WILLIAM BLAKEThe LambThe Sick RoseThe TygerLondonROBERT BURNSTo a Mouse"A Red, Red Rose"WILLIAM WORDSWORTH"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sep. 3, 1802""I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud""The World Is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon"SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEKubla KhanLEIGH HUNTAbou Ben AdhemJenny Kiss'd Me"GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON""She Walks in Beauty"The Destruction of Sennacherib"So We'll Go No More a Roving"PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYOzymandiasOde to the West WindTo a SkylarkWILLIAM CULLEN BRYANTThanatopsisJOHN KEATSOn First Looking into Chapman's HomerOde to a NightingaleOde on a Grecian UrnLa Belle Dame sans Merci"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"RALPH WALDO EMERSONHymn: sung at the Completion of the Concord MonumentELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING"Sonnet XLIII ("How do I love thee? Let me count the ways")"HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe Village BlacksmithThe Children's HourJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIERBarbara FrietchieEDGAR ALLAN POETo HelenThe RavenAnnabel Lee"OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR."Old IronsidesThe Chambered Nautilus"ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON"The Charge of the Light BrigadeCrossing the BarROBERT BROWNINGMy Last DuchessWALT WHITMANI Hear America SingingO Captain! My Captain!A Noiseless Patient SpiderMATTHEW ARNOLDDover BeachGEORGE MEREDITHLucifer in StarlightEMILY DICKINSON"I'm Nobody! Who Are You?""This Is My Letter to the World""I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died""Because I Could No Stop for Death"CHRISTINA ROSSETTIA BirthdayLEWIS CARROLLJabberwockyTHOMAS HARDYThe Darkling ThrushGERARD MANLEY HOPKINSThe WindhoverPied BeautyROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONRequiemA. E. HOUSMANTo an Athlete Dying YoungRUDYARD KIPLINGGunga DinRecessionalIf -WILLIAM BUTLER YEARTSThe Lake Isle of InnisfreeWhen You Are OldThe Second ComingEDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSONRichard CoryMiniver CheevyROBERT FROSTThe Road Not TakenStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningCARL SANDBURGChicagoFogWALLACE STEVENSThe Emperor of Ice-CreamWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMSThe Red WheelbarrowEZRA POUNDThe River-Merchant's Wife: A LetterMARIANNE MOOREPoetryEDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAYFirst FigWILFRED OWENAnthem for Doomed youthE. E. CUMMINGS"anyone lived in a pretty how town"W. H. AUDENMusée des Beaux ArtsDYLAN THOMASDo Not Go Gentle into That Good NightAlphabetical List of TitlesAlphabetical List of First Lines

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• BALLADSLord RandalSir Patrick SpensSIR THOMAS WYATTThe Lover Showeth How He Is Forsaken of Such as He Sometime EnjoyedCHRISTOPHER MARLOWEThe Passionate Shepherd to His LoveWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE"Sonnet XVIII ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?")""Sonnet LXXIII ("That time of year thou mayst in me behold")""Sonnet XCIV ("They that have power to hurt and will do none")""Sonnet CXVI ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds")"THOMAS NASHE"Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss"JOHN DONNEThe Good Morrow"Holy Sonnet X ("Death be not proud, though some have called thee")""Holy Sonnet XIV ("Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you")"BEN JONSONTo CeliaOn My First SonROBERT HERRICK"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"Upon Julia's ClothesGEORGE HERBERTLove Bade Me WelcomeEDMUND WALLER"Song ("Go, lovely Rose -")"JOHN MILTONOn His BlindnessOn His Deceased WifeSIR JOHN SUCKLING"Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?"RICHARD LOVELACE"To Lucasta, Going to the Wars"ANDREW MARVELLTo His Coy MistressHANRY VAUGHANThe RetreatTHOMAS GRAYElegy Written in a Country Churchyard"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes"WILLIAM BLAKEThe LambThe Sick RoseThe TygerLondonROBERT BURNSTo a Mouse"A Red, Red Rose"WILLIAM WORDSWORTH"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sep. 3, 1802""I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud""The World Is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon"SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEKubla KhanLEIGH HUNTAbou Ben AdhemJenny Kiss'd Me"GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON""She Walks in Beauty"The Destruction of Sennacherib"So We'll Go No More a Roving"PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYOzymandiasOde to the West WindTo a SkylarkWILLIAM CULLEN BRYANTThanatopsisJOHN KEATSOn First Looking into Chapman's HomerOde to a NightingaleOde on a Grecian UrnLa Belle Dame sans Merci"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"RALPH WALDO EMERSONHymn: sung at the Completion of the Concord MonumentELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING"Sonnet XLIII ("How do I love thee? Let me count the ways")"HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe Village BlacksmithThe Children's HourJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIERBarbara FrietchieEDGAR ALLAN POETo HelenThe RavenAnnabel Lee"OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR."Old IronsidesThe Chambered Nautilus"ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON"The Charge of the Light BrigadeCrossing the BarROBERT BROWNINGMy Last DuchessWALT WHITMANI Hear America SingingO Captain! My Captain!A Noiseless Patient SpiderMATTHEW ARNOLDDover BeachGEORGE MEREDITHLucifer in StarlightEMILY DICKINSON"I'm Nobody! Who Are You?""This Is My Letter to the World""I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died""Because I Could No Stop for Death"CHRISTINA ROSSETTIA BirthdayLEWIS CARROLLJabberwockyTHOMAS HARDYThe Darkling ThrushGERARD MANLEY HOPKINSThe WindhoverPied BeautyROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONRequiemA. E. HOUSMANTo an Athlete Dying YoungRUDYARD KIPLINGGunga DinRecessionalIf -WILLIAM BUTLER YEARTSThe Lake Isle of InnisfreeWhen You Are OldThe Second ComingEDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSONRichard CoryMiniver CheevyROBERT FROSTThe Road Not TakenStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningCARL SANDBURGChicagoFogWALLACE STEVENSThe Emperor of Ice-CreamWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMSThe Red WheelbarrowEZRA POUNDThe River-Merchant's Wife: A LetterMARIANNE MOOREPoetryEDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAYFirst FigWILFRED OWENAnthem for Doomed youthE. E. CUMMINGS"anyone lived in a pretty how town"W. H. AUDENMusée des Beaux ArtsDYLAN THOMASDo Not Go Gentle into That Good NightAlphabetical List of TitlesAlphabetical List of First Lines