The Poets of the 19th Century - Volume I – Sarah Fuller Adams to Alice Guerin Crist: Volume I – Sarah Fuller Adams to Alice Guerin Crist

By Matthew Arnold, Lord Byron and Robert Seymour Bridges

This is the century for the history books. (The Chinese curse of living in interesting times could not be more suited.)

A small island continued its expansion across the globe, bringing both good and evil in its march. Empires clashed. Revolution shook many. The Industrial age was upon us.

Poets spoke up against slavery, bringing social and political pressure upon an abominable horror.

It was also the age of the Romantics. Shelley, Keats, Byron lyrically rapture; Tennyson, Arnold, Browning rode a century of sweeping change, of dynamism and of great verse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Portable Poetry
• Release date: Dec 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781835470480

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) was an English poet and critic. Educated at Oxford, Arnold is primarily remembered for his verse, although his critical works are equally noteworthy.

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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Volume 1 – Sarah Fuller Adams to Alice Guerin Crist

This is the century for the history books.  (The Chinese curse of living in interesting times could not be more suited.) 

A small island continued its expansion across the globe, bringing both good and evil in its march. Empires clashed.  Revolution shook many.  The Industrial age was upon us. 

Poets spoke up against slavery, bringing social and political pressure upon an abominable horror.

It was also the age of the Romantics.  Shelley, Keats, Byron lyrically rapture; Tennyson, Arnold, Browning rode a century of sweeping change, of dynamism and of great verse.

Index of Contents

Love by Sarah Fuller Adams

Nearer, My God, to Thee by Sarah Fuller Adams

A Winter Day - Noon and Afternoon by Thomas Aird

Lullaby by Louisa May Alcott

My Kingdom by Louisa May Alcott

For Myself Alone by Louisa May Alcott

A Gravestone by William Allingham

After Sunset by William Allingham

On the Engine by Night by Alexander Anderson

The Twilight is Here by Alexander Anderson

Longing by Matthew Arnold

A Memory Picture by Matthew Arnold

Consolation by Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold

The Passing of the Century by Alfred Austin

December Matins by Alfred Austin

In Praise of England by Alfred Austin

An April Love by Alfred Austin

If You Could Come by Katharine Lee Bates

America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates

Beyond by Katharine Lee Bates

The Litanies of Satan by Charles Baudelaire

The Vampire by Charles Baudelaire

The Cat by Charles Baudelaire

The Three Musicians (The First Version) by Aubrey Beardsley

The Three Musicians (The Published Version) by Aubrey Beardsley

Month of January by Hilaire Belloc

Written In London on the 19th March,1796 by Matilda Betham Edwards

Hymn for a Little Child by Matilda Betham Edwards

A Valentine by Matilda Betham Edwards

Afternoon by Louisa Sarah Bevington

February by Louisa Sarah Bevington

Wrestling by Louisa Sarah Bevington

The Death of Grant by Ambrose Bierce

A Poet's Father by Ambrose Bierce

Freedom by Ambrose Bierce

England's Poet by Laurence Binyon

February Morning by Laurence Binyon

As I Walked Through London by Laurence Binyon

St Patrick's Day by Jean Blewett

Nightingales by Robert Bridges

A Passer-by Robert Bridges

On a Dead Child by Robert Bridges

North Wind in October by Robert Bridges

My Soul is Awakened by Anne Bronte

The Bluebell by Anne Bronte

A Reminiscence by Anne Bronte

The Teacher's Monologue by Charlotte Bronte

On the Death of Anne Bronte by Charlotte Bronte

Regret by Charlotte Bronte

Evening Solace by Charlotte Bronte

No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Bronte

A Day Dream by Emily Bronte

Come Walk with Me by Emily Bronte

The Night Wind by Emily Bronte

Remembrance by Emily Jane Bronte

Peaceful Death and Painful Life by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Death Triumphant by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Littel's Living Age by Frances Browne

Songs of Our Land by Frances Browne

How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If Thou Must Love Me Let It Be For Nought by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A Curse For A Nation by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Chorus of Eden Spirits by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

To My Father On His Birthday by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

Home Thoughts From Abroad by Robert Browning

Confessions by Robert Browning

Verse Making by Robert Browning

Epilogue by Robert Browning

The Death of Slavery by William Cullen Bryant

Hymn To The North Star by William Cullen Bryant

Summer Wind by William Cullen Bryant

She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

When We Two Parted by Lord Byron

To A Lady Who Presented to the Author A Lock of Hair Braided with Her Own and Appointed a Night in December To Meet Him in the Garden by Lord Byron

On My Thirty Third Birthday, January 22nd, 1821 by Lord Byron

The Vampyre by Lord Byron

The Soul of April by Bliss William Carman

Under the April Moon by Bliss William Carman

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

A Lobster Quadrille by Lewis Carroll

The Mad Gardener's Song by Lewis Carroll

How Doth the Little Crocodile by Lewis Carroll

January by Alice Cary

Untitled by Alice Cary

In the Tavern of My Heart by Willa Cather

Prairie Dawn by Willa Cather

Evening Song by Willa Cather

Lines on a Cricket Match by G K Chesterton

The Rolling English Road by G K Chesterton

The Strange Music by G K Chesterton

The Convert by G K Chesterton

Pleasure's Past by John Clare

The Old Year by John Clare

First Love by John Clare

Idle Fame by John Clare

The Poet's Death by John Clare

In a London Square by Arthur Hugh Clough

The Other Side of a Mirror by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

A Moment by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Blue and White by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

The Old Arm Chair by Eliza Cook

I Leave Thee for a While by Eliza Cook

St Patrick's Day by Eliza Cook

God Lay Dead In Heaven by Stephen Crane

The Ocean Said To Me Once by Stephen Crane

Joy's City by Isabella Valancy Crawford

We Parted In Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford

November Days in Ireland by Alice Guerin Crist

A Young Rebel by Alice Guerin Crist

THE POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

VOLUME 1

Love by Sarah Fuller Adams

O Love! thou makest all things even

In earth or heaven;

Finding thy way through prison-bars

Up to the stars;

Or, true to the Almighty plan,

That out of dust created man,

Thou lookest in a grave,―to see

Thine immortality!

Nearer, My God, to Thee by Sarah Fuller Adams

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,

Darkness be over me, my rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

There let the way appear steps unto heav’n;

All that Thou sendest me in mercy giv’n;

Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

Then with my walking thoughts bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;

So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly,

Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

A Winter Day - Noon and Afternoon by Thomas Aird

Creep out and in, and shiver all the day.

But take the country wide, conquer the cold,

And in your frost-fed flush of blood enjoy

The glowing triumph of consummate health:

Heart-cheering most, when shines the mid-day sun,

Sweating the clammy brow of puckered frost

In mellower spots, to tread the rustling skirts

Of woods high hanging on the southern hill.

Stand on this height and listen. The broad noon

How meekly quiet; yet how many a sound

Distinct you catch—the cock from farm remote

To answering farm; the house-dog's deep-mouthed bay;

The petulant yaffle of the cottage cur;

The nicking sound of the slow