A Little Treasury of Great Poetry: English & American from Chaucer to the Present Day

by Oscar Williams

A rich selection of more than 500 great English and American

poems of seven centuries, from Chaucer to the present day.

Selected by an editor and poet recognized as an authority, this

book, because of its variety and inclusiveness of

representation, is indeed a treasury.

Genres: Poetry

816 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1947

Reviews

[tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite collection of poetry that I own. It has great classics like Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare, and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. It also has a few you might not have read yet! It has a only a small selection of women poets, but the collection is still great, nonetheless. I find myself picking this up again and again to read a few poems. It is also categorized by theme rather than author or time period, which I absolutely love! Sometimes I just want to read about nature, while sometimes I just want to read about love. The ability to read by theme is what really makes this collection superb. If you happen to get your hands on it, I hope you'll cherish it as I do.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

From time to time I pick this up and have a read through a few of the poems within it. Often it is to inspire some sentiments about the loss of a loved one in my family or circle of friends.
I have never read every poem, or the book itself entirely in the twenty years I have now had it...almost to the day at this point of writing!