University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Tornoto: Ben Jonson
Index page from the University of Toronto offering the complete texts of twenty of Jonson's poems, as well as one work of prose.
University of Toronto (Canada)
U of Toronto: Poetry and Prose of Thomas Love Peacock
The University of Toronto provides links to poems by Thomas Love Peacock. It also contains biographical information on Peacock.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Edmund Spenser
This site is provided by the University of Toronto. Index of poetry of Edmund Spenser, with links to each. Many poems include explanatory notes.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Emily Bronte
This site contains the full text for four of Emily Bronte's poems: "The Night Is Darkening Round Me," "No Coward Soul Is Mine," "Plead for Me," and "Remembrance."
University of Toronto (Canada)
Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of R. L. Stevenson
Full text of selected poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "The Land of Nod," "Looking Forward," "To any Reader," and "Requium."
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Selected poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Seventy-nine full-text poems are included.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Henry Vaughan
This site indexes a full-text of 11 of Henry Vaughan's poems. Also included is some biographical information.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Selected Poetry of Frances Ellen Watkins (1825 1911)
Selected full texts of poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Aunt Chloe", "The Drunkard's Child", and "The Slave Mother." Includes overview of the author's life and works.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Robert Browning
This site provides the texts to 41 of Robert Browing's poems as well as a brief biographical outline.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Robert Burns
This site contains 23 poems and biographical information about the author, Robert Burns.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Selected Poetry of H. D. (Hilda Doolittle; 1886 1961)
Full text of selectes from H.D.'s long poem "Helen" and "The Oread." Also offers a biography and selected bibliography.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Henry Vaughan, the Retreat
Bartleby provides the full text for the following poems: "The Retreat", "Peace", "The Timber", and "Friends Departed".
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Modern Brit Poet: Epilogue "The Flower of Old Japan", Alfred Noyes
Full text of Alfred Noyes poem "Epilogue" from his poem "The Flower of Old Japan."
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: James Russell Lowell
A selection of 99 quotations from the writing and speeches of James Russell Lowell, American essayist, poet, and editor.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: E Text/i Hear America Singing
This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Complete Works of Wordsworth
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is the starting point for selecting poems chronologically by title index or alphabetically by first line.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Conversation With Stanley Kunitz
An interview by Elizabeth Farnsworth with Stanley Kunitz, shortly after he was named poet laureate of the United States. In the course of the interview, Kunitz reads some of his poetry, and talks about what inspires his poetry.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Poems
The University of Virginia Library provides a wonderful selection of Frances Harper poems. Each poem is individually linked for easy access to one of interest. Includes images.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Longfellow: Poetry
Guide to the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with discussion activities, homework assignments, and essay topics.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia: Sketches of Southern Life
This University of Virginia Library resource provides the text for Frances Harper's "Sketches of Southern Life," which is a collection of poems. The full text of many of Harper's poems are available.
University of Pennsylvania
Aurora Leigh: A Poem by Elizabeth B. Browning
Full text of this nine "book" poem is offered by A Celebration of Women Writers at the University of Pennsylvania. There is no accompanying interpretation or analysis.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Stevie Smith
The biography is brief but covers the poet's life and themes. What makes the site valuable is its links to other Smith sites, including one RealAudio site that features the reading of her poem "Not Waving but Drowning."
Other
Lee & Low Books: Book Talk With Pat Mora
This site shares Pat Mora's poem "Song for April 30th." It also gives a link to an interview with Pat Mora and a link to her book "Confetti: Poems for Children." Great site for multicultural literature for children.