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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

An Anthology of Timeless Poetry for Young Readers

by Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Kingsley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Cullen Bryant, Edmund Spenser, John Fletcher, William Dean Howells, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Watson, James Russell Lowell, Michael Drayton, Robert Browning, Robert Southey, John Milton, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, William Blake, John Keats, Thomas Carew, George Arnold, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Susan Hartley Swett, Dinah M. Mulock ...

Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is a carefully curated anthology that traverses the rich tapestry of poetic expression across multiple eras, offering a treasure trove of literary styles that range from vibrant sonnets to profound lyrics. This collection encapsulates the essence of poetry that speaks to the youthful spirit while subtly imparting timeless wisdom. It offers readers an ... Read more

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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is a carefully curated anthology that traverses the rich tapestry of poetic expression across multiple eras, offering a treasure trove of literary styles that range from vibrant sonnets to profound lyrics. This collection encapsulates the essence of poetry that speaks to the youthful spirit while subtly imparting timeless wisdom. It offers readers an
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Harvard Classics Volume 40

English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray

by Geoffrey Chaucer, Golden Deer Classics, Anonymous, Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, George Gascoigne, Edward Dyer, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele, Robert Southwell, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Henry Constable, Edmund Spenser, William Habington, Christopher Marlowe, Richard Rowlands, Thomas Nashe, William Shakespeare, Robert Greene, Richard Barnfield, Thomas Campion, Robert Devereux, Henry Wotton, Edward de Vere, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Joshua Sylvester, William Alexander, Richard Corbet, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, John Webster, William Drummond, George Wither, William Browne, Robert Herrick, Francis Quarles, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Francis Bacon, James Shirley, Thomas Carew, John Suckling, William D'Avenant, Richard Lovelace, Edmund Waller, William Cartwright, James Graham, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Jordan, Abraham Cowley, Alexander Brome, Andrew Marvell, Earl of Rochester, Charles Sedley, John Dryden, Matthew Prior, Isaac Watts, Lady Grisel Baillie, Joseph Addison, Allan Ramsay, John Gay, Henry Carey, Alexander Pope, Ambrose Philips, Colley Cibber, James Thomson, Thomas Gray, George Bubb Dodington ...

Series Book 40 - Harvard Classics
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics) ... Read more

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Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Carew Illustrated

by Thomas Carew ...

Series Book 113 - Delphi Poets Series
The first of the Cavalier song writers, Thomas Carew became a server at table for King Charles I and was renowned as a “pleasant and facetious wit” among a brilliant circle of friends that included the playwright Ben Jonson. His poems, circulated in manuscript, were amatory lyrics or occasional poems addressed to members of the court, notable for their fluent language and skillful control of mood ... Read more

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The first of the Cavalier song writers, Thomas Carew became a server at table for King Charles I and was renowned as a “pleasant and facetious wit” among a brilliant circle of friends that included the playwright Ben Jonson. His poems, circulated in manuscript, were amatory lyrics or occasional poems addressed to members of the court, notable for their fluent language and skillful control of mood
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Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Carew (Illustrated)

by Thomas Carew, Delphi Classics ...

Series Book 113 - Delphi Poets Series
The first of the Cavalier song writers, Thomas Carew became a server at table for King Charles I and was renowned as a “pleasant and facetious wit” among a brilliant circle of friends that included the playwright Ben Jonson. His poems, circulated in manuscript, were amatory lyrics or occasional poems addressed to members of the court, notable for their fluent language and skillful control of mood ... Read more

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The first of the Cavalier song writers, Thomas Carew became a server at table for King Charles I and was renowned as a “pleasant and facetious wit” among a brilliant circle of friends that included the playwright Ben Jonson. His poems, circulated in manuscript, were amatory lyrics or occasional poems addressed to members of the court, notable for their fluent language and skillful control of mood
... Read more
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Metaphysical Poets, The

by John Donne, Anne Bradstreet, Thomas Carew ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Tim Graham, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Samuel Johnson wrote in reference to the beginning of the seventeenth century that there "appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets". Widely regarded in the years since as a distinct Poetical movement it is interesting to note that from what we now know the Metaphysical poets did not, in the main, read or know one another. Samuel Johnson was not an admirer of the group ... Read more

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Samuel Johnson wrote in reference to the beginning of the seventeenth century that there "appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets". Widely regarded in the years since as a distinct Poetical movement it is interesting to note that from what we now know the Metaphysical poets did not, in the main, read or know one another. Samuel Johnson was not an admirer of the group
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - The Cavaliers

Five poems each from some of the best Cavalier poets

by Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, Edmund Waller, William Cartwright, Thomas Randolph, Sir Richard Fanshawe, Aurelian Townsend, Lord Edward Herbert of Cherbury ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - The 17th Century

Five poems each from best poets born in the 17th century

by John Dryden, John Milton, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Anne Bradstreet, Abraham Cowley, Henry Vaughan, Robert Herrick, Aphra Behn, Thomas Carew ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Ghizela Wagner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - Unrequited Love

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by A E Housman, William Shakespeare, Edward Thomas, William Cartwright, Samuel Butler, Sir John Suckling, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Abraham Cowley, Matthew Arnold, Edgar Allan Poe ...

Narrated by Marcus D'Amico, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

18 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - Metaphysical

Five poems each from some of the best Metaphysical poets

by John Donne, John Milton, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan, Katherine Phillips, Thomas Traherne, Thomas Carew, Abraham Cowley, Edmund Waller ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Libby Brunton, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - Kent

A celebration of English poems

by Christopher Marlowe, Sir Phillip Sidney, Aphra Behn, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Walter de la Mare, Robert Seymour Bridges, Thomas Carew, Christopher Smart, Richard Lovelace, Siegfried Sassoon, Queen Elizabeth I ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Alex Jennings, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury to shoemaker John Marlowe and his wife Catherine. His exact date of birth is not known, but he was baptised on 26 February 1564.And with this, Christopher Marlowe, one of the supreme English literary talents, made his entrance into the world.Little is really known of his life except that from an early age, even at University, he was perhaps working as a ... Read more

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Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury to shoemaker John Marlowe and his wife Catherine. His exact date of birth is not known, but he was baptised on 26 February 1564.And with this, Christopher Marlowe, one of the supreme English literary talents, made his entrance into the world.Little is really known of his life except that from an early age, even at University, he was perhaps working as a
... Read more
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Song: Eternity of Love Protested (UNABRIDGED)

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by Thomas Carew ...

Narrated by Deana Bagley, Patrick Richardson, Michael Blankenship, Jack Rounds ...

Unabridged

16 min

Thomas Carew (pronounced "Carey") (1595 - 1640) was one of the Cavalier poets, a group associated with the unfortunate King Charles I, who was a notable connoisseur of poetry. Other poets in this school included Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace. John Suckling and Ben Jonson. Carew’s verse generally eschews epic and grandiose subjects, and focuses on more intimate and profane matters. In the words ... Read more

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Thomas Carew (pronounced "Carey") (1595 - 1640) was one of the Cavalier poets, a group associated with the unfortunate King Charles I, who was a notable connoisseur of poetry. Other poets in this school included Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace. John Suckling and Ben Jonson. Carew’s verse generally eschews epic and grandiose subjects, and focuses on more intimate and profane matters. In the words
... Read more