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Night. The day has gone. Departed. And the dark embrace, the inky shadows of night descend. For many a time to unwind and slumber. For some a nagging doubt that all is not well. That some primeval and primordial happening may yet go bump in the night. But for our poets the night is a time of wonder and imagination as well as many other emotions and feelings. Among our ranks of gloried talents are Keats, Coleridge, William Morris, DH Lawrence, Whitman, Longfellow and many more besides. Their descriptions capture what they see and feel as perhaps only a poet can.

It is human nature to create and compete. Both of these are brought together in sport. Many games began in distant eons and gradually adapted and became codified to those we know today. In this volume we celebrate, through the verse of so many well-known poets, sports of all kinds. Sports for the rich, sports for the poor and all manner in between. As Henry Newbolt would say, ‘Play up, play up, and play the game'.

Manfred is a captivating dramatic poem penned by Lord Byron between 1816 and 1817, during his final departure from England. This work emerged shortly after the legendary ghost story session at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, which included literary giants such as Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and John Polidori—an event that also inspired the creation of Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Rich in supernatural elements of Gothic fiction, Manfred delves into the profound internal struggles of its central character, a man tormented by guilt over past actions that may have led to the death of his ...

In the final four Cantos of his mock epic, completed just a year before his untimely death at 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, where he fought for the nationalists against the Ottoman Empire, Lord Byron weaves a rich tapestry of satire and intrigue. Now back in England, Juan is drawn into the autumn festivities of a hunting party hosted by Lord Henry and Lady Adeline Amundeville. Here, he encounters the enigmatic Byronic heroine, Aurora Raby, and is visited by a ghost with a rather unusual charm. While this sets the stage, Byrons true focus lies in a sharp critique of faith, the ineptitude of the ...

Discover the enchanting world of Lord Byrons The Giaour, a captivating poem first published in 1813 that marks the beginning of his celebrated Oriental romances. With its powerful themes and vivid imagery, The Giaour quickly garnered acclaim, solidifying Byrons status as a literary giant both critically and commercially.

El corsario es, ante todo, un poema autobiográfico que narra las aventuras de un tal Conrad, un corsario rechazado por la sociedad -no así por las mujeres- debido a su comportamiento escandaloso. El poema inmediatamente atrajo la atención del público debido a la personalidad arrasadora de Byron, incluso algunos adeptos a la estadística afirman que se llegaron a vender diez mil copias durante su primer día en la calle.

In this volume of fifty poems our classic poets delve with storied verse into every facet of this institution. From the good, the bad and even the ugly, from the Wedding day to the realisation that divorce and separation maybe the better path. Between these two frontiers other avenues and facets are explored by the pens of many including Shakespeare, Khalil Gibran, Emily Dickinson and the Rossetti’s.