Classic and pre-20th century poetry

The legendary tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is one of the most famous folk tales in history, with Merlin the Wizard and the virtuous Sir Lancelot being known and loved by young and old alike to this day.

When Jesus was baptized, Heaven announced that he was the son of God.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet, art critic, and essayist who was among the first people to translate the work of Edgar Allen Poe.

Featuring both the original text and a modern, translated version, this fourteenth-century Arthurian poem tells the legendary tale of the mysterious Green Knight and Sir Gawain, a great knight of the Round Table.

This book contains Percy Byssche Shelley's 'Epipsychidion', a seminal poetic work published by the prolific English romantic poet in 1821.

En una Lisboa gris y silenciosa, Bernardo Soares —uno de los múltiples rostros del enigmático Fernando Pessoa— escribe desde la sombra, lejos del ruido del mundo.

While traveling to a wedding, a young man is pulled into the eventful narrative of the Ancient Mariner who is compelled to share his story.

"e;In the whole of European literature there is no poet who can furnish the texts for a more significant variety of discourse than Virgil.

"e;Mazeppa"e; is a 1819 narrative poem composed by the seminal English romantic poet Lord Byron.

In a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems.

"e;Coleridge's Conversation Poems - The Complete Collection"e; features all eight of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems dubbed 'conversation poems' by George McLean Harper.

"e;Poems of Adoration"e; is a 1912 collection of poems by Michael Field.

"e;The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Written in the form of biblical prophecy, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell presents philosophical ideas about God, humanity and the complex nature of ethics.

"e;The Iliad"e; is Homer's legendary account of the Trojan War, an epic battle that took place over three thousand years ago and had a significant impact on world history.

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'Peer Gynt', written by Henrik Johan Ibsen, is a five-act play, and one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays of all time.

One of Shakespeare's most compelling historical tragedies, Julius Caesar explores the chilling events of political ambition and betrayal leading up to and following the assassination of the infamous Roman emperor.

"e;Then, O Beloved, Whisper To The Worm"e; is a fantastic collection of selected poetry by the French poet, art critic, and essayist Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867).

Written by a fourteenth-century cleric, this spiritual allegory explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colorful medieval life.

This book contains a 1821 pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on the death of John Keats.

Wahrlich wahrlich, dieser Nimbus geborene Poeta Doctus James Apollon White, ist ein Poet in der Tradition der Lost Generation.

Aeneas-the son of a human and Venus, the goddess of love-escapes the siege of Troy with a boat full of other Trojans, and sails for Italy where he is destined to found the city of Rome.

Odysseus, the hero of the Trojan War, longs to return home to his kingdom in Ithaca, where a horde of suitors (who believe the long-absent Odysseus to be dead) are courting his beloved wife.

Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was the quintessential Romantic.

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh.

John Milton's epic poem describes the fall of humankind and the war between heaven and hell.

In the summer of 1820, Keats published this collection, his third and final volume of poetry.

An oddly diverse group of twenty-nine people meet at an inn.

Let's visit Ancient Rome, and have some great learning fun with the Romans.

The tenth and final year of the Trojan War comes to its climactic end in this infamous Greek epic.

The Rape of the Lock (1906) is a classic, epic poem by English literary icon Alexander Pope.

King Hrothgar of Denmark has a problem: though his land prospers, his great mead-hall is plagued nightly by a horrible beast, Grendel, that pillages and kills his men.

In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth.

A companion to the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton's Paradise Regained describes the temptation of Christ.

Inferno is the first part of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy.

Purgatorio is the second part of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy and describes Dante's climb up the Mount of Purgatory.

Paradiso is the third and final part of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy and describes Dante's journey through heaven.

El poeta presenta su obra como el fruto de su primer error juvenil.

Show your kids a glimpse of the great Mesopotamia in the ancient times with this history book.

Originally published in 1912, Songs of Innocence, was written by the legendary William Blake (1757 - 1827), and illustrated with the stunning drawings of Honor Appleton.

Offering indispensable inspiration for wedding readings, this gorgeous compilation of writing on love and marriage is also the perfect gift for couples and wedding guests alike.

A beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family.

The gods have always looked out for the Middle Kingdom, and that's evident through the years of successes and failures.

This vintage book is the third volume of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1867 translation of Dante Alighieri's "e;The Divine Comedy"e;.

My Heart's In the Highlands: Classic Scottish Poems is a glorious celebration of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, and introduced by the acclaimed poet John Glenday.

One of the greatest poems of the classical world, Virgil's Georgics is a glorious celebration of the eternal beauty of the natural world, now brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation.

Make ancient history kid-friendly by carefully crafting the texts and then adding relevant images.

Is it possible, at all, to visit ancient Greece without leaving the comforts of home?