Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XLII is the third of three volumes that ambitiously survey half a milliennium of poetry in the English language. The 200 works by 40 19th-century British authors in this volume alone include: [ Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Lady of Shalott" [ William Makepeace Thackeray: "The End of the Play" [ Robert Browning: "The Lost Mistress" [ Emily Bronte: "Last Lines" [ Matthew Arnold: "To Marguerite" [ Charles Dickens: "The Ivy Green" [ Dante Gabriel Rossetti: "Silent Noon" [ Christina Georgina Rossetti: "Song" [ William Morris: "Prologue of the Earthly Paradise" [ Robert Louis Stevenson: "In the Highlands" [ Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" [ Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Apology" [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Rainy Day" [ Walt Whitman: "O Captain! My Captain!" [ and many more.

"Earth, My Likeness is a collection of poetry by Walt Whitman that focuses on nature and contains much of his best and most vital work accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations"--Provided by publisher.

This collection contains the poetic works of Walt Whitman. These poems reflect the vitality of a new nation and the vastness of its lands. They combine autobiographical, sociological and religious themes but did not conform to previous genres.

Presenting a diverse cross-section of the 20th centurys best poets, this classic poetry anthology has now been revised with added essays and poems. Includes three audio CDs with recordings of each poet reading his or her work.