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Lyra Heroica<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by William Ernest Henley<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>A choice introduction to heroic poetry for English readers. This wide-ranging collection of poems is designed to stir the imagination and inspire lofty thoughts in those approaching maturity. As Henley states in the preface, his ambition is “to set forth the beauty and the joy of living, the beauty and blessedness of death, the glory of battle and adventure, the nobility of devotion-to a cause, an ideal, a passion even-the dignity of resistance, the sacred quality of patriotism.” The compiler gives first place to “Agincourt” by Shakespeare, thinking “that a book of heroism could have no better starting-point than that heroic pair of names,” and closes with “The Flag of England” by Kipling, fitting bookends for this fine anthology. In between are 124 other poems by 57 other poets with only Milton, Burns, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Macaulay, Longfellow, Whitman, Arnold, and Swinburne represented by three or more poems. The poems of each poet are grouped together, with ordering of poets by birthdate. A section of ballads is included, as a transition between the older poets and the newer ones. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>13-18<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>292 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-63334-165-4<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Poetry, Anthologies<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

William Shakespeare <\/span>and<\/span> <\/span><\/em><\/strong>Michael Drayton<\/strong>    1. AgincourtSir Henry Wotton<\/strong>    2. Lord <\/span>o<\/span>f HimselfBen Jonson<\/strong>    3. True Balm   4. Honour in BudJohn Fletcher<\/strong><\/span><\/em>   5. The Joy <\/span>o<\/span>f Battle<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Francis Beaumont<\/strong>    6. In Westminster AbbeyRobert Herrick<\/strong>    7. Going A-Maying   8. To Anthea, Who May Command Him AnythingGeorge herbert<\/strong>    9. Memento MoriJames Shirley<\/strong>    10. The King <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> KingsJohn Milton<\/strong>     11. Lycidas   12. Arms <\/em><\/span>and the<\/em><\/span> Muse   13. To <\/em><\/span>The<\/em><\/span> Lord General   14. The Late Massacre   15. On His Blindness   16. Eyeless <\/em><\/span>at<\/em><\/span> Gaza   17. Out <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> AdversityJames Graham, Marquis <\/strong><\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Montrose<\/strong>   18. Heroic Love Richard Lovelace<\/strong>    19. Going <\/em><\/span>to the<\/em><\/span> Wars    20. From Prison Andrew Marvell<\/strong>   21. Two Kings   22. In Exile John Dryden<\/strong>   23. Alexander’s Feast Samuel Johnson<\/strong>   24. The Quiet Life<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ballads<\/strong>   25. Chevy Chace   26. Sir Patrick Spens    27. Brave Lord Willoughby   28. Hughie <\/em><\/span>the<\/em><\/span> Gr<\/em><\/span>\u00c6ME<\/em><\/span>    29. Kinmont Willie   30. The Honour <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> Bristol   31. Helen <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> Kirkconnell   32. The Twa Corbies Thomas Gray<\/strong>    33. The BardWilliam Cowper<\/strong>   34. The Royal George   35. BoadiceaGraham <\/strong><\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Gartmore<\/strong>   36. To His LadyCHARLES DIBDIN<\/strong>   37. Constancy   38. The Perfect SailorJohn Philpot Curran<\/strong>   39. The DeserterPrince Hoare<\/strong>   40. The ArethusaWilliam Blake<\/strong>   41. The Beauty <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> TerrorRobert Burns<\/strong>   42. Defiance   43. The Goal <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> Life   44. Before Parting   45. Devotion   46. True Until DeathWilliam Wordsworth<\/strong>   47. Venice   48. Destiny   49. The Mother Land   50. Ideal   51. To Duty   52. Two VictoriesSir Walter Scott<\/strong>   53. In Memoriam   54. Lochinvar   55. Flodden   56. The Chase   57. The Outlaw   58. Pibroch   59. The Omnipotent   60. The Red Harlaw   61. Farewell   62. Bonny DundeeSamuel Taylor Coleridge<\/strong>   63. RomanceWalter Savage Landor<\/strong>   64. SacrificeThomas Campbell<\/strong>   65. Soldier and Sailor   66. \u2018Ye Mariners\u2019   67.<\/em> The Battle <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> Baltic<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ebenezer Elliott<\/strong>   68. Battle Song<\/em><\/p>\n

Allan Cunningham<\/strong>   69. Loyality   70. A Sea-SongBryant Waller Procter<\/strong>   71. A Song <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> SeaGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron<\/strong>   72. Sennacherib   73. The Storming <\/em><\/span>of <\/em><\/span>Corinth<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

   74. Alhama   75. Friendship   76. The Race <\/em><\/span>with<\/em><\/span> Death   77. The Glory <\/em><\/span>that was<\/em><\/span> Greece   78. Hail <\/em><\/span>and<\/em><\/span> Farewell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Wolfe<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

   79. After CorunaFrederick Marryat<\/strong>   80. The Old NavyFelicia Hemans<\/strong>   81. Casabianca   82. The Pilgrim FathersJohn Keats<\/strong>   83. To <\/em><\/span>the<\/em><\/span> AdventuresThomas Babington, Lord Macaulay<\/strong>   84. Horatius   85. The Armada   86. The Last Buccaneer   87. A Jacobite’s EpitaphRobert Stephen Hawker<\/strong>   88. The Song <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> Western MenHenry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/strong>   89. The Building <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> Ship   90. The Discoverer <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> North Cape   91. The Cumberland   92. A Dutch PictureJohn Greenleaf Whittier<\/strong>   93. Barbara FrietchieAlfred, Lord Tennyson<\/strong>   94. A Ballad <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> Fleet   95. The Heavy BrigadeSir Francis Hastings Doyle<\/strong>   96. The Private <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> Buffs   97. The Red Thread <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> HonourRobert Browning<\/strong>   98. Home Thoughts <\/em><\/span>from the<\/em><\/span> Sea   99. Herv<\/em><\/span>\u00c9<\/em><\/span> RielWalt Whitman<\/strong>   100. The Dying Fireman   101. A Sea-Fight   102. Beat! Beat! Drums!   103. Two VeteransCharles Kingsley<\/strong>   104. The Pleasant Isle <\/em><\/span>o<\/em><\/span>f  Av<\/em><\/span>\u00c8S<\/em><\/span>   105. A WelcomeSir Henry Yule<\/strong>   106. The BirkenheadMatthew Arnold<\/strong>   107. Apollo   108. The Death <\/em><\/span>of <\/em><\/span>Sohrab   109. Flee Fro\u2019 <\/em><\/span>The<\/em><\/span> PressWilliam Cory<\/strong>   110. School Fencibles   111. The Two CaptainsGeorge Meredith<\/strong>   112. The Head <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> BranWilliam Morris<\/strong>   113. The Slaying <\/em><\/span>of the<\/em><\/span> NiblungsAlfred Austin<\/strong>   114. Is Life Worth Living?Sir Alfred Lyall<\/strong>   115. Theology <\/em><\/span>in<\/em><\/span> ExtremisAlgernon Charles Swinburne<\/strong>   116. The Oblation   117. England   118. The Jacobite <\/em><\/span>in<\/em><\/span> ExileBret Harte<\/strong>   119. The Reveill<\/em><\/span>\u00c9<\/em><\/span>   120. What <\/em><\/span>t<\/em><\/span>he Bullet SangAustin Dobson<\/strong>   121. A Ballad <\/em><\/span>of th<\/em><\/span>e ArmadaAndrew Lang<\/strong>   122. The White PachaRobert Louis Stevenson<\/strong>   123. Mother <\/em><\/span>and<\/em><\/span> SonHenry Charles Beeching<\/strong>   124. PrayersRudyard Kipling<\/strong>   125. A Ballad <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> East <\/em><\/span>a<\/em><\/span>nd West   126. The Flag <\/em><\/span>of<\/em><\/span> England<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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