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Thomas Hood - Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as his weird and fantastic poems. As William Michael Rossetti writes in his...

emceejohnnyg and 23 more 19 hours 28 minutes

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Anthologies

It Can Be Done

This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubles seem too much. The purpose of this volume is to bring men courage and...

Phil Chenevert and 29 more 7 hours 15 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Bill Nye - Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor

«What this country needs, aside from a new Indian policy and a style of poison for children which will be liable to kill rats if they eat it by accident, is a Railway Guide which will be just as good two years ago as...

DrPGould and 14 more 4 hours 49 minutes

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William Theodore Parkes - Spook Ballads

This is a volume of ghost stories in verse by William Theodore Parkes. The poems in this volume are often humorous, and written in a parody of ye olde style of poetry. «Dealing largely with ghosts and legends...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 4 hours 43 minutes

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Hattie Howard - Poems

«This poet's ear is so attuned to metric harmony that she must have been born within sound of some osier-fringed brook leaping and hurrying over its pebbly bed. There is a variety of subject and treatment, sufficient...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 3 hours 13 minutes

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Robert Maynard Leonard - Poems on Travel

This volume of poetry takes the reader, or rather the listener, along on a literary tour through Europe. R.M. Leonard has collected the finest (as of 1914) poems by some of the most celebrated poets of the English...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 3 hours 8 minutes

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Richard Middleton - Poems & Songs

This is a volume of poetry by English poet Richard Middleton. While hardly known to readers anymore today, Middleton's poems, stories, and essays were all very highly regarded during his lifetime and after his...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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Kenneth Grahame - Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children

A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too-common subject of death. Selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. — Summary...

Leonard Wilson and 8 more 2 hours 17 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Clifton Johnson - Book of Fairy-Tale Bears

Bears make an appearance in so many fairy tales and fables, it is difficult to imagine a fairy-tale world without them. However, in most of those fairy tales, the bear is just a side-character. In this volume, Clifton...

AmyMc and 9 more 2 hours 12 minutes

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Hannah Lavinia Baily - By the Sea, and Other Verses

This is a collection of poetry by Hannah Lavinia Baily. They describe a number of different settings, prominently the sea in the titular poem, and bring in contemporary as well as mythical themes. — Summary by Carolin

Melanie T and 9 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Marian Longfellow - Contrasted Songs

This is a volume of collected poetry by American poet Marian Longfellow. The poems lack a uniform theme, but, as the author puts it, «Among these „Contrasted Songs“ I trust that the reader will find something to which...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 2 hours 1 minute

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Thomas Fleming Day - Songs of Sea and Sail

Thomas Fleming Day was an American sailboat designer and sailboat racer. He was the founding editor of Rudder, a monthly magazine about boats, and himself the first to win the annual New York to Bermuda race. Not so...

Eva Davis and 8 more 1 hour 41 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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