Best-Loved Poems - (Arcturus Ornate Classics) by John Boyes (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

'Poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.' -Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

This elegant pocket edition brings together 260 best-loved, time-honored poems in one hardback collection, beautifully presented with gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.

This glorious celebration of classic poetry features verse from around the English-speaking world, penned by such names as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, L. M. Montgomery and Walt Whitman. Carefully selected and divided into themed sections, the poems encompass the wealth of human experience - love, death, youth, old age, nature, travel and humour are all included in works that range from the 1500s onwards.

From Coleridge's fantastical Xanadu or the battlefields of John McCrae, to the ominous croaking of Poe's raven, this is a wonderful collection of poems containing the great and the good, the funny and the tragic, and everything in between.

This beautiful pocket-sized gift edition is presented with a gold embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and gold gilded page edges. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic poetry.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.

About the Author

John Boyes (ed.) has written for television, radio and several British, American and Canadian periodicals. His most recent titles are Character Parts, a study of characters in Canadian literature, and a children's book on Canada. He is the editor of six previous literary anthologies.

This collection includes a number of celebrated poets, including William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Walt Whitman, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.