Plutarch's famous account on the life of Pericles translated by the English poet John Dryden. Provides rich details on such events as the Peloponnesian war and more.

A large collection of Chinese poems in Chinese, with English translations for many. Some also include audio. Include classical and more contemporary poets. Search a list of poets or browse by period. There are also a few topical...

This site features the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow including a biography and the full text of two epic poems Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha.

Listen to classic poetry read aloud in podcast format. Search by poet, theme, or top ten poems.

This is the full text of the poetry collection Flame and Shadow by American poet Sara Teasdale.

This is the full text of the poetry collection Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest. He became known as the People's Poet because his poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.

The text for the first fourteen books of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Includes links to share recommended related sites among users.

This site features the author Amy Lowell including the full text of two poetry collections: Men, Women and Ghosts and Sword Blades & Poppy Seed.

This site features the author Emily Dickinson including a biography, the full text of three poetry collections: Poems, Series 1, Poems, Series 2, and Poems, Series 3, each set of poems is listed by topics.

This is the full text of the poetry collection Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; the collection includes 44 poems.

This is the full text of the poetry collection The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert Service. This collection includes 34 poems most about the Yukon Gold Rush and life in the Yukon.

This is the full text of the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem in trochaic tetrameter relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for...

This is the full text of the two-part narrative poem Lamia by John Keats about consuming love.

This site features the author Edna St. Vincent Millay including a biography and the full text of the poetry collection Second April.

This site features the author Samuel Taylor Coleridge including a biography and the full text of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

This site features the author William Blake including a biography and the full text of Songs of Innocence and Experience, a poetry collection divided into two sections: poems about innocence and poems about experience.

This site features the author Elizabeth Barrett Browning including a biography and the full text of two poetry collections: Aurora Leigh and Sonnets from the Portuguese.

This site features the author Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson including a biography, the full text of the novel A Happy Boy and two short stories: "The Father" and "The Railroad and the Churchyard."

This site features the author Miguel de Cervantes including a biography and the full text of the novel Don Quixote.

This site features the author Thomas Hardy including a biography, the full text of 13 novels, and the short story "Squire Petrick's Lady".

This site features the author Walter Scott including a biography and the full text of two novels and a short story.

This is the full text of the book of poetry The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson; this collection includes 30 poems.

This is the full text of a collection of poems, interludes, and bagatelle by American author Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

This is the full text of the one-act drama The Land Of Heart's Desire by William Butler Yeats including a note about performances of the play.