Narratives
Six lyrics from the Ruthenian of Taras Shevchenko, also The Song of the Merchan…
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Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
Poetry by two radical poets, born in the same year, who suffered exile and punishment under the Tsarist Russian empire. Taras Shevchenko is …
Pearl (Weston translation)
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The Gawain Poet and The Gawain Poettranslated Byjessie Laidlay Weston
Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and me…
Two Cumberland Ballads
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John Stagg
Two narrative ballads, based on local lore, by the Cumberland poet John Stagg. In 'The Hermit of Rockcliffe', a young fugitive takes refuge …
Machine-Room Chants
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Tom Maguire
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
Within and Without: A Dramatic Poem
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George MacDonald
Brother Julian became a monk because he thought that was how he would find God. But now, feeling further away from God than ever and rejecte…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos I - II
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…