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The Wordsworth Poetry Library comprises the works of the greatest English-speaking poets, as well as many lesser-known poets. Each collection has a specially commissioned introduction.
But against this disadvantage a long list ofadvantages is to be set off. Of the blessings which civilization and philosophy bring with them, a large proportion is common to all ranks, and would, if withdrawn, be missed as painfully by ...
A list of these appears near the beginning of each volume of the anthology. We have also included a section of the history of the language as part of the introduction to each volume. And throughout the anthology we include ...
A collection of bedtime poems.
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria's favorite poet, commanded a wider readership than any other of his time.