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"Considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in “The Waste Land.” Here, in four linked poems (“Burnt Norton,” “East Coker,” “The Dry Salvages,” and “Little Gidding”), spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. It is the culminating...

A collection of 81 of the world's best loved and known poems. The readings are presented in the order they appear in "The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition". Thirty-nine major poets are included from Shakespeare, Blake, and Wordsworth to Keats, the Brownings, Whitman, Dickinson and Yeats.

A poetic description of a famous English waterfall by the nineteenth-century writer who served as England's poet laureate for thirty years.

An illustrated version of the classic nonsense poem from "Through the Looking Glass."

An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly. "A special 10th Anniversary Edition of an illustrated classic that won the Caldecott Honor. Includes a collectible poster showcasing original art. “Will you walk into my parlor,” said the Spider to the Fly.... This enduring verse from Mary Howitt dates back to the nineteenth century, but its warning—to beware the wiles of...

A collection of poems describing various weather conditions, by such authors as Christina G. Rossetti, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Aileen Fisher.

Light-hearted illustrations accompany this version of the nursery rhyme about an old woman and her playful dog. "Old Mother Hubbard's poor dog just wants a bone. What he gets instead is even better! Old Mother Hubbard sets off on a shopping spree to buy her hungry dog some shoes, a wig, a coat - everything but the bone he craves. This could take a while. But with Mother out and about, the dog can't just sit still. Not when he can ride a goat or...