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Victorian poets and poems

Victorian poetry moves between public argument and private pressure. Its speakers wrestle with belief, scientific change, empire, work, love, grief, and the instability of the self.

This visual reading path gathers poems explicitly associated with the Victorian period and nearby nineteenth-century voices in the collection.

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Poems in this path

  1. A Better ResurrectionChristina Rossetti · 24 lines
  2. A BirthdayChristina Rossetti · 16 lines
  3. A Dead RoseElizabeth Barrett Browning · 32 lines
  4. A Musical InstrumentElizabeth Barrett Browning · 42 lines
  5. A Psalm of LifeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 37 lines
  6. A Woman's ShortcomingsElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  7. And ask ye why these sad tears stream?Lord Alfred Tennyson · 26 lines
  8. Annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe · 41 lines
  9. At HomeChristina Rossetti · 32 lines
  10. Because I could not stop for DeathEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  11. BrahmaRalph Waldo Emerson · 16 lines
  12. Celestial LoveRalph Waldo Emerson · 107 lines
  13. ChildrenHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 36 lines
  14. Common ThingsPaul Laurence Dunbar · 20 lines
  15. Doubtful DreamsAdam Lindsay Gordon · 433 lines
  16. Easter DayOscar Wilde · 14 lines
  17. ElegiaMachado de Assis · 94 lines
  18. Endymion (For Music)Oscar Wilde · 42 lines
  19. Epitaphio Do MexicoMachado de Assis · 24 lines
  20. ErroMachado de Assis · 31 lines
  21. Gitanjali 02: When thou commandest me to sing it seems thatRabindranath Tagore · 11 lines
  22. Gitanjali 03: I know not how thou singest, my master! I everRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  23. Gitanjali 04: Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my bRabindranath Tagore · 10 lines
  24. Gitanjali 05: I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thyRabindranath Tagore · 9 lines
  25. Gitanjali 06: Pluck this little flower and take it, delay noRabindranath Tagore · 7 lines
  26. Gitanjali 07: My song has put off her adornments. She has noRabindranath Tagore · 6 lines
  27. Gitanjali 08: The child who is decked with prince’s robes anRabindranath Tagore · 8 lines
  28. Gitanjali 09: O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shouRabindranath Tagore · 7 lines
  29. GodsWalt Whitman · 32 lines
  30. Home-Thoughts, from AbroadRobert Browning · 20 lines
  31. Hope is the thing with feathersEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  32. How we Beat the FavouriteAdam Lindsay Gordon · 367 lines
  33. I heard a fly buzz when I diedEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  34. I taste a liquor never brewedEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  35. I'm nobody! Who are you?Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  36. In Memoriam A.H.H.: 121. Sad Hesper o'er the buried sunLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  37. In Memoriam A.H.H.: 78. Again at Christmas did we weaveLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  38. LaudamusAdam Lindsay Gordon · 19 lines
  39. Life's TragedyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 16 lines
  40. Little Brown BabyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 32 lines
  41. Loss and GainRalph Waldo Emerson · 16 lines
  42. Love among the RuinsRobert Browning · 84 lines
  43. Meeting at NightRobert Browning · 12 lines
  44. Merry AutumnPaul Laurence Dunbar · 40 lines
  45. MiraclesWalt Whitman · 37 lines
  46. MithridatesRalph Waldo Emerson · 34 lines
  47. Musa ConsolatrixMachado de Assis · 27 lines
  48. My Last DuchessRobert Browning · 56 lines
  49. My Little March GirlPaul Laurence Dunbar · 24 lines
  50. Nay, Lord, not thus! White lilies in the spring,Oscar Wilde · 32 lines
  51. No, Thank You JohnChristina Rossetti · 31 lines
  52. O Captain! My Captain!Walt Whitman · 24 lines
  53. Ode to BeautyRalph Waldo Emerson · 99 lines
  54. Of Old Sat FreedomLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  55. Of Old Sat Freedom on the HeightsLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  56. Patience Taught by NatureElizabeth Barrett Browning · 14 lines
  57. Pied BeautyGerard Manley Hopkins · 11 lines
  58. Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a BoyWalt Whitman · 33 lines
  59. PoloniaMachado de Assis · 101 lines
  60. Porphyria's LoverRobert Browning · 60 lines
  61. Quinze AnnosMachado de Assis · 74 lines
  62. RememberChristina Rossetti · 14 lines
  63. Serenade (For Music)Oscar Wilde · 40 lines
  64. Song for All Seas, All ShipsWalt Whitman · 27 lines
  65. SpringGerard Manley Hopkins · 14 lines
  66. Spring and Fall: To a Young ChildGerard Manley Hopkins · 15 lines
  67. Spring QuietChristina Rossetti · 25 lines
  68. StellaMachado de Assis · 40 lines
  69. SympathyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 21 lines
  70. That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the ResurrectionGerard Manley Hopkins · 24 lines
  71. The AutumnElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  72. The Ballad of Reading GaolOscar Wilde · 666 lines
  73. The Children's HourHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 40 lines
  74. The Cry of the ChildrenElizabeth Barrett Browning · 160 lines
  75. The FlowerLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  76. The Furl of Fresh-Leaved Dogrose DownGerard Manley Hopkins · 19 lines
  77. The Lady of ShalottLord Alfred Tennyson · 171 lines
  78. The Landlord's Tale; Paul Revere's RideHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 130 lines
  79. The Lost LeaderRobert Browning · 32 lines
  80. The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's StoryRobert Browning · 303 lines
  81. The Rainy DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 15 lines
  82. The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 113 lines
  83. The Thousand Nights and a NightIsabel Burton · 15 lines
  84. The Three FriendsAdam Lindsay Gordon · 109 lines
  85. Thee, God, I Come fromGerard Manley Hopkins · 25 lines
  86. There's a certain slant of lightEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  87. Thora's SongAdam Lindsay Gordon · 41 lines
  88. To a Locomotive in WinterWalt Whitman · 26 lines
  89. To EvaRalph Waldo Emerson · 24 lines
  90. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 15 lines
  91. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 66 lines
  92. To My SisterAdam Lindsay Gordon · 3785 lines
  93. To My Wife - With a Copy of My PoemsOscar Wilde · 12 lines
  94. To----Edgar Allan Poe · 12 lines
  95. UlalumeEdgar Allan Poe · 94 lines
  96. VisioMachado de Assis · 63 lines
  97. When I heard at the Close of the DayWalt Whitman · 27 lines
  98. Winter: My SecretChristina Rossetti · 34 lines
  99. Woods in WinterHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 28 lines
  100. 'T is little I could care for pearlsEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  101. 'T is so much joy! 'T is so much joy!Emily Dickinson · 18 lines
  102. 'T is sunrise, little maid, hast thouEmily Dickinson · 14 lines
  103. 'T is whiter than an Indian pipeEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  104. 'T was a long parting, but the timeEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  105. 'T was just this time last year I diedEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  106. 'T WAS later when the summer wentEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  107. 'T was such a little, little boatEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  108. "GOING to him! Happy letter! Tell himEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  109. "Whose are the little beds," I askedEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  110. A Basket of FlowersAdam Lindsay Gordon · 120 lines
  111. A bird came down the walkEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  112. A Boston BalladWalt Whitman · 49 lines
  113. A charm invests a faceEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  114. A Child AsleepElizabeth Barrett Browning · 60 lines
  115. A clock stopped -- not the mantel'sEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  116. A death-blow is a life-blow to someEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  117. A deed knocks first at thoughtEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  118. A dew sufficed itselfEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  119. A door just opened on a streetEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  120. A DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 16 lines
  121. A Dream Within a DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 24 lines
  122. A drop fell on the apple treeEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  123. A FaceRobert Browning · 22 lines
  124. A face devoid of love or graceEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  125. A FarewellLord Alfred Tennyson · 16 lines
  126. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in EuropeRobert Browning · 148 lines
  127. A lady red upon the hillEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  128. A light exists in springEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  129. A Light WomanRobert Browning · 56 lines
  130. A little road not made of manEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  131. A long, long sleep, a famous sleepEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  132. A modest lot, a fame petiteEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  133. A murmur in the trees to noteEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  134. A narrow fellow in the grassEmily Dickinson · 24 lines
  135. A PæanEdgar Allan Poe · 44 lines
  136. A poor torn heart, a tattered heartEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  137. A precious, mouldering pleasure 't isEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  138. A Pretty WomanRobert Browning · 72 lines
  139. A route of evanescenceEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  140. A sepal, petal, and a thornEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  141. A shady friend for torrid daysEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  142. A sickness of this world it most occasionsEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  143. A sloop of amber slips awayEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  144. A solemn thing it was, I saidEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  145. A something in a summer's dayEmily Dickinson · 33 lines
  146. A spider sewed at nightEmily Dickinson · 9 lines
  147. A Tale (Epilogue to "The Two Poets of Croisic.")Robert Browning · 108 lines
  148. A Thought for a Lonely Death-BedElizabeth Barrett Browning · 14 lines
  149. A thought went up my mind to-dayEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  150. A throe upon the featuresEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  151. A toad can die of light!Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  152. A Toccata of Galuppi'sRobert Browning · 45 lines
  153. A train went through a burial gateEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  154. A ValentineEdgar Allan Poe · 20 lines
  155. A WallRobert Browning · 24 lines
  156. A Woman Waits for MeWalt Whitman · 48 lines
  157. A Woman's Last WordRobert Browning · 40 lines
  158. A word is deadEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  159. A wounded deer leaps highestEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  160. Abt Vogler: After he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his inventionRobert Browning · 96 lines