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The muses are singing in this Poetry Sampler, which brings together tastes of the very best in verse. From Alexander Pope’s sharp wit to Poe’s dark, macabre vision, the poems sampled here are as diverse as they are fascinating. Famous Shakespearean sonnets contrast with the unique, bizarre beauty of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, and iconic writers like John Keats, Walt Whitman, and Oscar Wilde each offer their own distinct pleasures. Sample them all to find the poets whose writing moves you, whose words elevate your soul to the realm of the sublime.

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Opening Lines (Experimental)

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
Hoping to cease not till death.
Nature without check with original energy.
The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it.
I am mad for it to be in contact with ...

Copyright

Compilation copyright 2008 by DailyLit.

License: Public Domain