Treasury of Best Loved Poems

by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (Illustrator), Christopher R. Moore (Editor)

A collection of familiar English and American poems from the Renaissance through the early twentieth century includes a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets, Gray's "Elegy," "I Never Saw a Moor," "Gunga Din," and "The Road Not Taken"

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Childrens

160 pages, Hardcover

First published April 27, 1992

Reviews

[Melvin]

It's a fun little collection of poems.

What I didn't like is that it felt like they put all the best poetry in the first two-thirds of the book and the last 50 pages or so we're pretty mediocre.

Also, in my opinion, some of the worst poetry in this book was by Shakespeare.. Not sure if he's actually bad at poetry or if they just picked some really bad poems by him, but yeah.

[Sarah Main]

I enjoyed at least 75% of the poems here, which is great for a random grouping of poetry. As I expected, there were many that I’ve read before, but there was a good amount that I hadn’t, and some of those were quite good. And the illustrations are very pretty.

[Valerie]

This had quite a few great poems like Invictus, Loves Philosophy, Solitude, Death Stands Above Me, Annabel Lee, O Captain! My Captain! and It Is Not Beauty I Demand. This book offered a large variety of poems, most of which I really enjoyed!

[J]

Two of my favorite poems are in this, Invictus and Jabberwocky.

[Cws]

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