Poetry
797 books
Poetry
591
William Blake - Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion
The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an engraved book of 100 pages (only one copy of which was every fully finished in...
6 hours 53 minutes
Poetry
455
Phillis Wheatley - Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American to publish a book of poetry in 1773. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at age seven, and bought by a wealthy Massachusetts family who taught her to read and...
1 hour 52 minutes
Poetry
453
Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand,...
1 hour 49 minutes
Poetry
453
Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand,...
2 hours 21 minutes
