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77. The Message
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
From Quinn's Post by V. N. Hopkins
In The Anzac Book
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
The Snayl
In Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
Ready by Phoebe Gary
In Poems of American Patriotism
This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver
The Oversight
In The Toys of Peace
The Toys of Peace is a delightful collection of short stories by the master of wit, Saki (H.H. Munro). Published posthumously in 1923, this …
Watching
In Very Short Stories And Verses For Children
Very Short Stories And Verses For Children is a children's book by Lucy Clifford compiling stories and poems informing the little ones about…
2.14 A Reform Alphabet and Two Irish Questions
In Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Wee Elsie
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
RUNE XLII. Capture of the Sampo
In The Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…
THE EASTER EGG
In The Chronicles of Clovis
The Chronicles of Clovis brings together a delightful collection of short stories by Saki, featuring the mischievous and witty Clovis Sangra…
"Rogers of Eaglehawk"
In Not Understood and Other Poems
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce
In The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
Marie
In Selected Poems
Thomas Parker Sanborn was an American poet from Massachusetts. In this collection of his work, published from 1883 to 1886 in The Harvard Mo…
St Monica
In Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poe…
The Irish Cabin.
In Cottage Poems
Patrick Brontë (father of the famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anna) is mainly remembered as a father, reverend and tea…
Sonnet XII To a Goose
In Twenty Sonnets
The English poet Robert Southey was born in Bristol in 1774 and held the post of Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843.These twent…
Chapter 8
In Transient
Governor Alman Lampley makes an unplanned stop in a small town on the way to his destination. Everything looks familiar yet slightly off. He…
Thought of Stevenson
In Sonnets and Songs
Arthur Upson's insightful and sensitive poetic art is grandly displayed in this selection of some of his best work. As a tribute to Upson, R…
Ace Shaw
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Courtesy
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson