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31Juliana (poem) — Juliana [Exeter Book, fol.65b 76a] , is one of the four signed poems ascribed to the mysterious poet, Cynewulf. It is his second longest piece at 731 lines, although, at some time the manuscript was damaged so that presently we are missing two… …
32The Man from Snowy River (poem) — The Man From Snowy River is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin , an Australian news magazine, in April 1890.The poem tells the story of a horseback pursuit to recapture the colt of a prizewinning …
33Casabianca (poem) — See Casabianca (disambiguation) for other meanings Casabianca is a poem by British poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans, first published in the Monthly Magazine for August 1826.The poem opens:::The boy stood on the burning deck::Whence all but he had… …
34Andreas (poem) — Andreas is an Old English poem, which tells the story of St. Andrew the Apostle, while commenting on the literary role of the hero . It is believed to be a translation of a Latin work, which is originally derived from the Greek story The Acts of… …
35Chess (poem) — Chess Front page of the 1585 edition Author Jan Kochanowski Original Title Szachy Country Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth …
36Trivia (poem) — Trivia (1716) is a poem by John Gay. The full title of the poem is Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London , and it takes its name from the goddess of crossroads , Trivia.The poem is loosely based on the Satires of Juvenal, and is a… …
37Mythopoeia (poem) — Mythopoeia (mythos making) is a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien as a title of a poem. Tolkien wrote Mythopoeia (the poem) following a discussion on the night of 19 September 1931 at Magdalen College, Oxford with C. S. Lewis and Hugo Dyson. Lewis… …
38Punica (poem) — The Punica by Silius Italicus in the first century AD is an epic poem in seventeen books, and comprising some fourteen thousand lines.In choosing the Second Punic War for his subject, Silius had, we know, many predecessors, as he doubtless had… …
39Annus Mirabilis (poem) — At least two significant poems in English literature have shared the title Annus Mirabilis :DrydenAnnus Mirabilis is a poem written by John Dryden and published in 1667. It commemorated 1665 ndash;1666, the year of miracles of London. In fact,… …
40Endymion (poem) — Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818. Beginning famously with the line A thing of beauty is a joy for ever , Endymion, like many epic poems in English (including John Dryden s translations from Virgil and Alexander Pope s… …
