Ranging in extremes from the melting tenderness of unrequited love to the bitter comedy of political chaos, this collection of poems covering two centuries includes work by Lermontov, Tyutchev, Fet, Annensky, Mayakovsky, Bely, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Brodsky and others less celebrated but no less extraordinary

Part of a series of small volumes with silk ribbon markers and headbands and gold stamping on the front and spine, and devoted to the world's classic poets. This is a collection of love poetry, ranging from ancient China, Japan, Greece and Rome to contemporary Europe and America.

A companion to Love Poems and Erotic Poems, this selection draws on literature of many periods and languages to illuminate aspects of friendship, ranging from social acquaintance through personal devotion to estrangement and antipathy.

The pieces in this volume are taken from all religious traditions with the purpose of providing material for prayer and meditation. The pieces are arranged in seven sections following the Canonical Hours of the Church and each section gathers poems and prose according to theme and mood.

The fourth volume in this series, Love Songs and Sonnets takes a wider view of love than the preceding volumes, covering all aspects of human relationships, from passionate first love to final regret. It includes poems by Shakespeare, Donne, Dickinson, Lowell, Larkin, Auden and Burns.

A collection of poems on the theme of mourning by some of the world's great poets.