Poems of the Fantastic and Macabre
Introduction
Contents
Bibliography
Index
Editors
Guidelines
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Medieval Era
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The Romantic Era
The Victorian Era
The Modern Era
I. THE MEDIEVAL ERA
ANONYMOUS BALLADS
Thomas the Rhymer
Binnorie
King Henry
The Wife of Usher's Well
The Twa Corbies
Tam Lin
Kemp Owyne
Sir Oluf and the Elf King's Daughter
The Gypsy Countess
May Colvin
The Earl of Mar's Daughter
Lord Lovel
II. THE RENAISSANCE
CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE (1558?-1586)
"My prime of youth is but a frost of cares"
III. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
IV. THE ROMANTIC ERA
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
The Seven Sisters
The Faëry Chasm
Lucy Gray
Song For The Spinning Wheel
"The world is too much with us; late and soon"
The Haunted Tree
V. THE VICTORIAN ERA
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)
The Raven
Annabel Lee
The Bells
Eldorado
Bridal Ballad
The Haunted Palace
To Helen
Alone
Ulalume
LEWIS CARROLL (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898)
Jabberwocky
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Dreamland
Phantasmagoria
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1844-1889)
Spring and Death
Spring and Fall
Io
A Vision of the Mermaids
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894)
Heather Ale
Death
"Bright is the ring of words"
Ticonderoga
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
The Dole of the King's Daughter
Santa Decca
La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente
Chanson
Endymion
In the Forest
The Sphinx
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930)
A Tragedy
The Inner Room
The Old Huntsman
The Passing
MARY COLERIDGE (1861-1907)
Unwelcome
The Other Side of a Mirror
The Witch
The White Women
Wilderspin
Master and Guest
ERNEST DOWSON (1867-1900)
The Three Witches
VI. THE MODERN ERA
CHARLOTTE MEW (1869-1928)
The Farmer's Bride
Afternoon Tea
The Pedlar
Saturday Market
The Changeling
ALFRED NOYES (1880-1959)
Alzuna
A Song of Sherwood
Shadow-of-a-Leaf
The Young Friar
The Island Hawk
The Bell
The Elfin Artist
The Loom of Years
The Highwayman