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This book is a comprehensive collection of poems written by Christina Rossetti. She was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including her best-known work today, 'Goblin Market' and 'Remember'. These titles can be found in this work. Rossetti also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: 'In the Bleak Midwinter', later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and 'Love Came...

The Genius of the Bard of Avon, in Lyric Form. Besides his notorious plays, William Shakespeare wrote many poems throughout his life, including 154 sonnets plus many lyric descriptions from the Greek and Roman mythology like Venus and Adonis or The Rape of Lucrece. In all of them, the Bard of Avon twisted and bent the rules of the Old English language creating a unique and stupendous lyric masterpiece that awe us to this day.

Rainer Maria Rilke is perhaps the most import German poet. His powerful and lyrical poetry has, captured generations of readers. Both mystical and compelling his influence cannot be overstated. Collected here are more than 40 poems, full of beauty and mastery of language. It's not hard to see why Rilke remains one of the most popular and bestselling poets to this very day.