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Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction.Words of Love...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Revisit the Classics:'He Is More Than a Hero' by Sappho Sonnet 18 ('Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds') by William Shakespeare 'She Walks in Beauty' by Lord Byron Enjoy Old Favorites: 'To My Dear and Loving Husband' by Anne Bradstreet 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear 'When I Was One and Twenty' by A. E. Housman Make Surprising Discoveries: 'Your Catfish Friend' by Richard Brautigan 'To Alice B. Toklas' by Gertrude Stein 'Valentine' by Donald Hall 'True Love' by Judith Viorst Carry this book wherever you go. It's a perfect companion to read alone or to share with that special person in your life. The 100 Best Love Poems of all Time.

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Here, in this compact volume, is a greatest hits collection of the 100 best poems ever written by the world's greatest poets. This essential collection is perfect for the poetry lover who wants to carry around their favourite poems, and ideal for the reader seeking an introduction to the greatest poems world literature has to offer. The authors included are each represented by his or her best-known and best-loved work, from the Classics (Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Ovid) to the Renaissance (Dante, Petrarch, Villon, Shakespeare) to the Romantics (Schiller, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats) to the 20th Century giants (Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens) down to the present day (Ginsberg, Plath, Angelou). Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance.

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