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  The Iliad

  Homer

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  The heroic story of the siege of Troy is as enthralling today as it ever was. 
   
  The Greeks are entering the tenth year of their war with the Trojans, but their armies are fractured and their best warrior Achilles has abandoned the battle on a mission of revenge. Only the death of his best friend Patroclus persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat. 
   
  The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature and provides a powerful glimpse into the horrors and heroics of war - a message which undoubtedly endures today. This edition provides an accessible prose translation by the classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler. Butler is considered one of the finest English writers of the late Victorian era, and his translation one of the most accessible and satisfying.

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  The Conscious Lovers

  Richard Steele

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  The Conscious Lovers by Richard Steele is a refined eighteenth-century sentimental comedy that explores themes of virtue, moral integrity, love, and social responsibility. First performed in 1722, the play represents a shift in English theatre toward more emotional and ethically driven storytelling, emphasizing sincerity and moral awareness over satire and cynicism.
  
  The story follows a young woman of noble character who finds herself at the center of romantic and familial expectations. Her path toward love is shaped not by manipulation or deception, but by honesty, compassion, and moral clarity. As the narrative unfolds, she must navigate misunderstandings, social pressures, and competing suitors, all while remaining true to her principles.
  
  At the same time, a young gentleman grapples with questions of identity, responsibility, and emotional restraint as he seeks to prove himself worthy of genuine affection. His journey reflects the broader moral framework of the play, in which personal growth and ethical behavior are central to achieving happiness and fulfillment.
  
  Steele's writing is marked by elegance, emotional depth, and a strong didactic tone. The play contrasts moral virtue with superficial charm, encouraging audiences to value sincerity and goodness over appearances and social ambition. Through its carefully constructed dialogue and sympathetic characters, it presents a vision of love grounded in integrity and mutual respect.
  
  The Conscious Lovers remains an important work in the development of sentimental drama, offering a thoughtful and uplifting exploration of human relationships. Its enduring appeal lies in its emphasis on moral reflection, emotional sincerity, and the ideal of virtuous love within society.

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  Voices of Poetry Volume 2

  Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ezra...

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  Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: Ezra Pound, Old Men With Beautiful Manners; William Butler Yeats, The Lake Isle Of Innisfree; Robert Graves, A Last Poem; Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Harp-Weaver; Richard Eberhart, The Groundhog; Philip Levine, Blasting from Heaven; Marianne Moore, The Mind is an Enchanting Thing; Stephen Spender, What I Expected; Vachel Lindsay, An Interpolation by Mr. Lindsay. 
  Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan. 
  ©2009 Rick Sheridan (P)2009 Rick Sheridan

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Kissing - 12...

  Charlotte Dacre, Percy Bysshe...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
  1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Kissing - An Introduction 
  2 - Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns 
  3 - The Kiss by Charlotte Dacre 
  4 - How By a Kiss He Found By Both His Life and Death by Sir Thomas Wyatt 
  5 - Sonnet 128 - How Oft When Thou My Music, Music Play'st by William Shakespeare 
  6 - That Kiss by Daniel Sheehan 
  7 - The First Kiss of Love by Lord Byron 
  8 - Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  9 - The Kiss by Sara Teasdale 
  10 - The Kiss by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  11 - What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  12 - The Phantom Kiss by Paul Laurence Dunbar 
  13 - The Bedtime Kiss by Anonymous

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  Which Seeds Will Grow? - Poems

  Andrew Calis

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  A new collection of poems by Palestinian-American Catholic poet Andrew Calis, Which Seeds Will Grow? ​finds hope in the Holy Land.
  Grappling with his identity as a Christian Palestinian American, Andrew Calis recalls his father who saw Israeli jets swoop over his house in Jerusalem and a military helicopter fire bullets into his front yard. The same father who wouldn't teach his children Arabic, for fear that they would have accented English, who kept his past close to his chest—unknown to his son. He recounts the death of his grandfather, a grandfather who would beat his father, and for whom he could not fully mourn because Arab men don't cry.
  Andrew Calis digs through the pain of his family and of his homeland to find the fragile seed of contained life and delicate hope for the Holy Land—and reflects on how tenderly that seed must be nurtured.
  Steeped in wonder, Which Seeds Will Grow? explores the past and the present, from ancient Jerusalem to Baltimore's gardens and alleys through the lens of a Palestinian American. The poems are patient, waiting for seasons to end, waiting for space to expand outward, and waiting for light to touch the earth. Despite the difficulty of waiting, readers will find hope in hopelessness and comfort in the contemplation of the world and its sacred mysteries.
  From Which Seeds Will Grow?
  Planting a Garden 
  
  Stealing clippings from neighbors' yards
  
  And smiling as they grew their own blooms
  
  In the safe and hidden rooms where we
  
  Keep watch on them like they are our children.
  
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  Nothing grew. We knew this was
  
  A possibility, had read
  
  It sometimes takes two years,
  
  And we hoped in spite of only dirt
  
  For the green that could be anything.
  Perhaps we dug too shallow or too close
  
  To the shade, or stepped where we had already planted,
  
  Either crushing roots or breaking their curled
  
  First shoots before they broke the surface.
  
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  So when one survived, wove a green line
  
  Of its own, thinly sprouting something unknowable, I ran
  
  Inside and for a moment felt
  
  What John must have felt
  
  Leaving Peter, old and unsteadily running,
  
  And running breathlessly
  
  To tell everyone —
  
  Everyone
  
  What had happened
  
  And how you wouldn't believe your eyes.

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  Top 10 Poets – England The - The...

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel...

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  The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives.  Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. 
  But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. 
  In this volume we explore the work of those poets born on this spear of land that thrusts into the Atlantic.   From its sumptuous, wild landscape and ancient cultures, wise and knowing poems of beauty became embedded in our common poetical heritage.

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