Favorite Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) [Paperback]

Michael R. Turner (Author)

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Publication Date: March 25, 1992

Features 117 gems by Longfellow, James Whitcomb Riley, Tennyson, Browning, John Greenleaf Whittier and dozens of lesser-known poets. Many poems difficult to find elsewhere. Includes "The Village Blacksmith," "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine," more. Preface. Index of poets, titles and first lines.

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Leedle Yawcob Strauss by Charles Follen Adams
Rock Me To Sleep by Elizabeth Akers Allen
The Fairy Folk by William Allingham
Only A Baby Small by Matthias Bare
The Jackdaw Of Rheims by Richard Harris Barham
Only A Baby Small by Matthias Barr
Speak Gently by David Bates
The Mistletoe Bough by Thomas Haynes Bayly
Oh, Nor! We Never Mention Here by Thomas Haynes Bayly
The Picket-guard by Ethel Lynn Beers
How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix by Robert Browning
The African Chief by William Cullen Bryant
Sennacherib by George Gordon Byron
The Battle Of Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell
Betsey And I Are Out by William Mckendree Carleton
Death-doomed by William Mckendree Carleton
Over The Hill To The Poor-house by William Mckendree Carleton
Elihu by Alice Cary
The Leak In The Dike; A Story Of Holland by Phoebe Cary
A Leap For Life by Walter Colton
The Englishman by Eliza Cook
The Old Arm-chair by Eliza Cook
A Sea Song by Allan Cunningham
The Face On The [bar-room] Floor by Hugh Antoine D'arcy
Eliza by Erasmus Darwin
The Private Of The Buffs; Or, The British Soldier In China by Francis Hastings Charles Doyle
The American Flag by Joseph Rodman Drake
The Young American by Alexander Hill Everett
Little Jim by Edward Farmer
Little Boy Blue by Eugene Field
The Blue And The Gray by Francis Miles Finch
'hullo!' by Sam Walter Foss
The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine by Harriet A. Glazebrook
The Engineer's Story by Eugene J. Hall
Guild's Signal by Francis Bret Harte
The Song Of The Western Men by Robert Stephen Hawker
The Enchanted Shirt by John Milton Hay
Jim Bludso [of The Prairie Belle] by John Milton Hay
Little Breeches by John Milton Hay
The Green Eye Of The Yellow God by J. Milton Hayes
Casabianca by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The Homes Of England by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
The Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers In New England by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
When I Was A King In Babylon by William Ernest Henley
The Deacon's Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Song Of The Shirt by Thomas Hood
The High Tide At [or, On The Coast Of] Lincolnshire by Jean Ingelow
The Clown's Baby by Margaret Thompson Janvier
The Water-babies: Song. My Little Doll by Charles Kingsley
If by Rudyard Kipling
The Little Shroud by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Ballad Of Hans Breitmann by Charles Godfrey Leland
Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Psalm Of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn: 1. Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Wreck Of The Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Baby, Fr. At The Back Of The North Wind by George Macdonald
The Good Time Coming by Charles Mackay
Trust In God by Norman (1812-1872) Macleod
The Old Navy by Frederick Marryat
Little Willie by Gerald Massey
Love, Sweet Love Is The Poet's Theme by Felix Mcglennon
An Indian Mother About To Destroy Her Child by James Montgomery
A Child's Thought by Bertha Moore
A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
My Mother's Bible by George Pope Morris
Woodman, Spare That Tree! by George Pope Morris
Drake's Drum by Henry Newbolt
Vitai Lampada by Henry Newbolt
The Pauper's Drive by Thomas Noel
The Arab's Farewell To His Steed by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton
Not Lost, But Gone Before by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton
The Orphan Boy's Tale by Amelia (alderson) Opie
Home, Sweet Home, Fr. Clari, The Maid Of Milan by John Howard Payne
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Price Of A Drink by Josephine Pollard
'rake' Windermere by Leonard Pounds
The Lost Chord by Adelaide Anne Procter
Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley
The Story Of A Stowaway by Clement William Scott
Lochinvar; Lady Heron's Song [or, Young Lochinvar] by Walter Scott
Love Of Country [patriotism] by Walter Scott
The Mother's Sacrifice by Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Billy's Rose by George Robert Sims
Christmas Day In The Workhouse by George Robert Sims
The Lifeboat by George Robert Sims
The Mother In The Snow-storm by Seba Smith
The Battle Of Blenheim by Robert Southey
Bishop Hatto [and The Rats] by Robert Southey
The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey
The Old Man's Comforts And How He Gained Them by Robert Southey
My Mother by Ann Taylor
Bedouin [love] Song by Bayard Taylor
The Deserter by Bayard Taylor
The Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson
Maud: Part 1, 22. The Garden Song by Alfred Tennyson
The Cane-bottom'd Chair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Casey At The Bat (2) by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
The High Tide At Gettysburg by Will Henry Thompson
Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight by Rose Hartwick Thorpe
England's Heart by Martin Farquhar Tupper
Asleep At The Switch by Anonymous
The Forced Bridal by Anonymous
The Mistake by Anonymous
The Press by Anonymous
Village-born Beauty by Anonymous
Where Is Your Boy Tonight? by Anonymous
The Yankee Man-of-war (2) by Anonymous
Against Idleness And Mischief by Isaac Watts
The Sluggard by Isaac Watts
Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier
Conductor Bradley by John Greenleaf Whittier
Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Burial Of Sir John Moore At [or After] Corunna by Charles Wolfe
The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth
Come Home, Father by Henry Clay Work
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 325 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (March 25, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486270440
• ISBN-13: 978-0486270449
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well chosen and nicely annotated, April 24, 2011

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Talesman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Favorite Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) (Paperback)

This is a reprint of "Parlour Poetry: A Hundred And One Improving Gems" which is the book I have, but in all respects apart from the title and the cover it appears to be identical.

Simply as an anthology of verse this is a superior collection, I have about two feet of poetry anthologies on my shelves and this is the one I look in to most often. Accessible classics by Wordsworth, Longfellow, Kippling and other famous wordsmiths sit alongside one hit wonders and the great but now forgotten.

Added to this fine selection are short commentaries on each poem with a biographical note on it's author. These are all well written and informative without being overlong, Michael R Turner has researched his subject thoroughly but never gets carried away with his knowledge to the detriment of your pleasure. He also sets the scene for us and provides context in a concise and very entertaining preface.

All in all, a well chosen buffet of delights and (if it has Michael Turner's original) worth the purchase for the preface alone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victorian Parlour Poetry, May 16, 2007

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Susan F. Scott "sfs" (Coshocton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Favorite Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) (Paperback)

I love this book. It has all the old poetry that I grew up with in it.