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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. "Hope" is the thing with feathersEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  2. A Better RessurectionChristina Rossetti · 24 lines
  3. A BirthdayChristina Rossetti · 16 lines
  4. A Dead RoseElizabeth Barrett Browning · 32 lines
  5. A Musical InstrumentElizabeth Barrett Browning · 42 lines
  6. A Psalm of LifeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 37 lines
  7. A Song of AutumnAdam Lindsay Gordon · 320 lines
  8. A Woman's ShortcomingsElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  9. And ask ye why these sad tears stream?Lord Alfred Tennyson · 26 lines
  10. Annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe · 41 lines
  11. At HomeChristina Rossetti · 32 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 that Rabindranath 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 thy Rabindranath 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. Gods.Walt Whitman · 32 lines
  30. Going to Heaven!Emily Dickinson · 27 lines
  31. Her Sweet turn to leave the HomesteadEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  32. Home Thoughts, From AbroadRobert Browning · 20 lines
  33. How we Beat the FavouriteAdam Lindsay Gordon · 367 lines
  34. In Memoriam A. H. H.: 121. Sad Hesper o'er the buried sunLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  35. In Memoriam A. H. H.: 78. Again at Christmas did we weaveLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  36. LaudamusAdam Lindsay Gordon · 19 lines
  37. LaudamusAdam Lindsay Gordon · 45 lines
  38. Life's TragedyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 16 lines
  39. Little Brown BabyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 32 lines
  40. Loss And GainRalph Waldo Emerson · 16 lines
  41. Love Among the RuinsRobert Browning · 84 lines
  42. Merry AutumnPaul Laurence Dunbar · 40 lines
  43. Miracles.Walt Whitman · 37 lines
  44. MithridatesRalph Waldo Emerson · 34 lines
  45. Musa ConsolatrixMachado de Assis · 27 lines
  46. My Last DuchessRobert Browning · 56 lines
  47. My Little March GirlPaul Laurence Dunbar · 24 lines
  48. Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring,Oscar Wilde · 32 lines
  49. No, Thank You JohnChristina Rossetti · 31 lines
  50. Ode To BeautyRalph Waldo Emerson · 99 lines
  51. Of Old Sat FreedomLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  52. Of Old Sat Freedom on the HeightsLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  53. Patience Taught By NatureElizabeth Barrett Browning · 14 lines
  54. Pied BeautyGerard Manley Hopkins · 11 lines
  55. Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a Boy.Walt Whitman · 33 lines
  56. PoloniaMachado de Assis · 101 lines
  57. Porphyria's LoverRobert Browning · 60 lines
  58. Quinze AnnosMachado de Assis · 74 lines
  59. Serenade (For Music)Oscar Wilde · 40 lines
  60. Song for All Seas, All Ships.Walt Whitman · 27 lines
  61. SpringGerard Manley Hopkins · 14 lines
  62. Spring & Fall: To A Young ChildGerard Manley Hopkins · 15 lines
  63. Spring QuietChristina Rossetti · 25 lines
  64. StellaMachado de Assis · 40 lines
  65. Success is counted sweetestEmily Dickinson · 12 lines
  66. SympathyPaul Laurence Dunbar · 21 lines
  67. That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire And Of The Comfort Of The ResurrectionGerard Manley Hopkins · 24 lines
  68. The AutumnElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  69. The Ballad Of Reading GaolOscar Wilde · 666 lines
  70. The Children's HourHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 40 lines
  71. The Cry Of The ChildrenElizabeth Barrett Browning · 160 lines
  72. The FlowerLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  73. The Furl of Fresh-Leaved Dogrose DownGerard Manley Hopkins · 19 lines
  74. The Landlord's Tale; Paul Revere's RideHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 130 lines
  75. The Lost LeaderRobert Browning · 32 lines
  76. The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's StoryRobert Browning · 303 lines
  77. The Rainy DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 15 lines
  78. The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 113 lines
  79. The Thousand Nights and a NightIsabel Burton · 15 lines
  80. The Three FriendsAdam Lindsay Gordon · 109 lines
  81. The Trees like Tassels -- hit -- and swung --Emily Dickinson · 28 lines
  82. Thee, God, I Come fromGerard Manley Hopkins · 25 lines
  83. There came a Day at Summer's fullEmily Dickinson · 28 lines
  84. Thora's SongAdam Lindsay Gordon · 41 lines
  85. To a Locomotive in Winter.Walt Whitman · 26 lines
  86. To EvaRalph Waldo Emerson · 24 lines
  87. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 15 lines
  88. To HelenEdgar Allan Poe · 66 lines
  89. To My SisterAdam Lindsay Gordon · 3785 lines
  90. To My Wife - With A Copy Of My PoemsOscar Wilde · 12 lines
  91. To----Edgar Allan Poe · 12 lines
  92. UlalumeEdgar Allan Poe · 94 lines
  93. VisioMachado de Assis · 63 lines
  94. When I heard at the Close of the Day.Walt Whitman · 27 lines
  95. Winter: My SecretChristina Rossetti · 34 lines
  96. Woods in WinterHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 28 lines
  97. 'Tis One by One -- the Father counts --Emily Dickinson · 16 lines
  98. 'Twas a long Parting -- but the timeEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  99. 'Twas here my summer pausedEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  100. 'Twas just this time, last year, I died.Emily Dickinson · 24 lines
  101. 'Twas later when the summer wentEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  102. 'Twould ease -- a Butterfly --Emily Dickinson · 14 lines
  103. "Arcturus" is his other nameEmily Dickinson · 32 lines
  104. "De Gustibus--"Robert Browning · 46 lines
  105. "Faith" is a fine inventionEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  106. "Faithful to the end" AmendedEmily Dickinson · 17 lines
  107. "Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!Emily Dickinson · 12 lines
  108. "Heaven" has different Signs -- to me --Emily Dickinson · 20 lines
  109. "Heavenly Father" -- take to theeEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  110. "Lethe" in my flower,Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  111. "Nature" is what we see --Emily Dickinson · 12 lines
  112. A Basket of FlowersAdam Lindsay Gordon · 120 lines
  113. A Boston Ballad, 1854.Walt Whitman · 49 lines
  114. A Child AsleepElizabeth Barrett Browning · 60 lines
  115. A chilly Peace infests the GrassEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  116. A Death blow is a Life blow to SomeEmily Dickinson · 4 lines
  117. A Door just opened on a street --Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  118. A DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 16 lines
  119. A Dream Within A DreamEdgar Allan Poe · 24 lines
  120. A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree --Emily Dickinson · 16 lines
  121. A FaceRobert Browning · 22 lines
  122. A FarewellLord Alfred Tennyson · 16 lines
  123. A Flower will not trouble her, it has so small a Foot,Emily Dickinson · 3 lines
  124. A full fed Rose on meals of TintEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  125. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in EuropeRobert Browning · 148 lines
  126. A great Hope fellEmily Dickinson · 17 lines
  127. A happy lip -- breaks suddenEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  128. A Light exists in SpringEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  129. A Light WomanRobert Browning · 56 lines
  130. A little Dog that wags his tailEmily Dickinson · 16 lines
  131. A little Madness in the SpringEmily Dickinson · 6 lines
  132. A little Snow was here and thereEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  133. A loss of something ever felt I --Emily Dickinson · 16 lines
  134. A Murmur in the Trees -- to noteEmily Dickinson · 20 lines
  135. A PæanEdgar Allan Poe · 44 lines
  136. A Pang is more conspicuous in SpringEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  137. A Pit -- but Heaven over it --Emily Dickinson · 17 lines
  138. A Pretty WomanRobert Browning · 72 lines
  139. A soft Sea washed around the HouseEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  140. A something in a summer's DayEmily Dickinson · 22 lines
  141. A Tale (Epilogue to "The Two Poets of Croisic.")Robert Browning · 108 lines
  142. A Thought For A Lonely Death-BedElizabeth Barrett Browning · 14 lines
  143. A Toccata of Galuppi'sRobert Browning · 45 lines
  144. A Tooth upon Our PeaceEmily Dickinson · 8 lines
  145. A ValentineEdgar Allan Poe · 20 lines
  146. A WallRobert Browning · 24 lines
  147. A Wife -- at daybreak I shall beEmily Dickinson · 13 lines
  148. A Wind that roseEmily Dickinson · 9 lines
  149. A Woman Waits for Me.Walt Whitman · 48 lines
  150. A Woman's Last WordRobert Browning · 40 lines
  151. Absent Place -- an April Day --Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  152. Abt Vogler: After he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his inventionRobert Browning · 96 lines
  153. Adieu to a Soldier.Walt Whitman · 17 lines
  154. Afternoon in FebruaryHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 24 lines
  155. Ah, Moon -- and Star!Emily Dickinson · 17 lines
  156. Al AaraafEdgar Allan Poe · 424 lines
  157. Alfred Lord Tennyson - The Coming Of ArthurLord Alfred Tennyson · 519 lines
  158. All but Death, can be Adjusted --Emily Dickinson · 8 lines
  159. An Antiquated TreeEmily Dickinson · 7 lines
  160. An April DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 32 lines