Poetry
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Four Riddles by Lewis Carroll
We’re please to include Carroll’s math riddles, which were legendary. Published in Lewis Carroll’s collection, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869).…
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Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
Published in 1871, Carroll’s poem offers outlandish literary significance and is often studied by middle school students.An illustration for the…
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Melancholetta by Lewis Carroll
Published in Lewis Carroll’s collection, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869). Illustrated by Arthur B. Frost in the 1911 edition. “Inscribed…
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Phantasmagoria by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll could tell quite a ghost story! We’re happy to have found this fantastical poem for our collection. Lewis…
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The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll’s introduction to The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in EIght Fits (1876): “If—and the thing is wildly…
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The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
The Walrus and the Carpenter is a narrative poem from Through the Looking Glass. The poem is recited to Alice…
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Farewell by Lord Byron
Farewell was written in 1808 as a farewell to his wife. It was published with Lord Byron’s well received tale,…
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From the Turkish by Lord Byron
From the Turkish was published in Byron’s most popular tale, The Corsair in 1814.1. The chain I gave was fair…
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Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog by Lord Byron
Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog, sometimes referred to as Epitaph to a Dog commemorates the life of…
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She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
Byron composed this piece in 1813 after being mesmerized by a lady dressed in black at a ball, his cousin…
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