The Oxford book of English verse, 1250-1900
by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
1105 pages•about 23 h to read•Public domain
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About this book
Across English verse from 1250 to 1900, Quiller-Couch assembles poems for readers seeking a broad historical selection rather than the work of a single poet. Campion’s love lyrics turn courtship into a play of light and shadow, with a speaker pursuing someone who keeps him at a distance. When Hood writes of a deathbed vigil and a drowned woman, his lines ask those left behind to meet suffering with tenderness rather than blame. The collection places private longing beside poems of grief and social compassion.
