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117 gems by Longfellow, James Whitcomb Riley, Tennyson, Browning, John Greenleaf Whittier, dozens of lesser-known poets. Many poems difficult to find elsewhere. Unabashed sentimentality, patriotism, pious exhortations, other staples of Victorian verse. "The Village Blacksmith," "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine," other chestnuts. Preface. Index of poets, titles and first lines.Turner, Michael R. is the author of 'Favorite Parlour Poetry An Annotated Anthology' with ISBN 9780486270449 and ISBN 0486270440.
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