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Best Poetry Collections

Most-published poetry collections and anthologies from around the world.

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A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens, Groth1,843Children's fiction, Toy and movable books, Christmas, fiction, Children's plays, English3,198arm, jpn, por
Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville1,686Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Survival, Fiction2,419arm, por, bre
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson1,880Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove, Pirates1,988guj, jpn, alb
MacbethWilliam Shakespeare1,508Drama, Regicides, Kings and rulers, Texts1,847arm, jpn, alb
King LearWilliam Shakespeare1,608Drama, King Lear (Legendary character), Fathers and daughters, Kings and rulers1,614arm, jpn, por
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare1,600Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology)1,483jpn, por, dan
Through the Looking-GlassLewis Carroll1,865Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English1,378ger, jpn, ukr
La Divina CommediaDante Alighieri1,472Poetry (poetic works by one author), Literatura, Portraits, Paradise1,337arm, jpn, por
WaldenHenry David Thoreau1,854Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs1,138eng, fre, chi
Moby DickHerman Melville1,851American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy1,118jpn, kor, gre
Moll FlandersDaniel Defoe1,722Fiction, Social life and customs, Criminals, English Picaresque literature1,114heb, spa, rus
ἸλιάςΌμηρος1,505Odysseus (Greek mythology), Juvenile poetry, Readers, Greeks1,084arm, por, gre
ὈδύσσειαΌμηρος1,488great_books_of_the_western_world, Poetry, Fiction, Classical literature1,062arm, por, gre
The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare1,631Drama, Married people, Sex role, Man-woman relationships788jpn, epo, spa
Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman1,855Manuscripts, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gay poets, Presidents755pol, heb, spa
The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham1,478Death, English Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature722est, enm, rus
SonnetsWilliam Shakespeare1,609English Sonnets, History and criticism, Bibliography, Translations into Yiddish646arm, por, kor
FaustJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,800Good and evil, Drama, Redemption, Devil633jpn, por, pan
The ProphetKahlil Gibran, R. Black1,900American Prose poems, Lebanese, Prose, Essays Classic Literature569arm, heb, guj
De rerum naturaTitus Lucretius Carus1,486Latin Didactic poetry, Ancient Philosophy, Poetry, Translations into English537spa, rus, und
La PoeticaAristotle1,479Metaphysics, Early works to 1800, Metaphysica (Aristoteles), Rhetoric, ancient498heb, spa, per
MetamorphosesOvid1,479Poetry, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Mythology491por, dan, frm
On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill1,859Liberté, Morale, Politique, Liberty465heb, spa, jpn
AeneisPublius Vergilius Maro1,710Poetry, Aeneas (Legendary character), Latin Epic poetry, Translations into English456arm, por, dan
Flower FablesLouisa May Alcott1,854Fairy tales, Fairies, Flowers, Literary collections448eng
InfernoDante Alighieri1,767Poetry, Hell, Illustrations, Iconography446eng, srd, heb
Paradise LostJohn Milton1,667Bible, Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Devil396arm, jpn, por
The Night Before ChristmasClement Clarke Moore1,857Santa in juvenile prison, Juvenile poetry, Poetry, Santa Claus389spa, jpn, lat
The pioneersJames Fenimore Cooper1,800Frontier and pioneer life, Open Library Staff Picks, Natty Bumppo (Fictitious character), Fiction378eng, fre
PoemsWilliam Wordsworth1,807Gift books, Specimens, Facsimiles, English poetry372mal, eng
Os LusíadasLuís de Camões, Souza Botelho1,572Poetry, History, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel367eng, ita, ger
Tender ButtonsGertrude Stein1,914Fiction, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Amerikanisches Englisch365eng, ger
Les fleurs du malCharles Baudelaire1,855Traducciones al español, Translations into Spanish, Translations into English, French Poets363heb, spa, rus
FablesJean de La Fontaine1,678French Fables, Translations into English, Fables, Oversize books345epo, spa, cpf
Godfrey of BulloigneTorquato Tasso, Marzio Pieri1,581Poetry, Crusades, History, Italian Epic poetry326arm, heb, spa
An essay on manAlexander Pope1,733Poetry, Human beings, English Philosophy, Theological anthropology315ita, ger, fre
SatyriconPetronius1,575Latin Satire, Translations into French, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general309spa, rus, und
She Stoops To ConquerOliver Goldsmith1,773British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama, English drama (Comedy), Drama294wel, spa, eng
The complete poetical worksRobert Burns1,786Biography, Children's poetry, Scottish, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation293bak, jpn, gem
Milton's PoemsJohn Milton1,605Bible, Criticism and interpretation, Elegiac poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), English Manuscripts292und, mul, lat
Il ParadisoDante Alighieri1,595Poetry, Heaven, Paradise, Heaven in literature291spa, ita, ger
The RavenEdgar Allan Poe1,845busts, narrative poetry, supernatural, talking birds287heb, spa, rus
HudibrasSamuel Butler1,662English Satire, English poetry, Knights and knighthood, Poetry283ger, eng, fre
HistoryHerodotus1,494Ancient History, History, Early works to 1800, Plataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C.282spa, und, lat
Helen of TroyAndrew Lang1,882Helen of Troy (Greek mythology), Poetry, Fiction, Historical Fiction282eng
Poema de mio CidAnonymous1,868Romances, Spanish poetry, Poetry, Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval269roa, mac, spa
Notre Dame de ParisVictor Hugo1,831Man-woman relationships, fiction, Sko nlitteratur, Fiction, French fiction265rus, und, tur
Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau1,800Résistance au gouvernement, Resistance to Government, Désobéissance civile, [document]261eng, por, fre
Plays (36)William Shakespeare1,623sources, English Manuscripts, English literature: Shakespeare texts, Classics256und, ger, dan
The Hunting of the SnarkLewis Carroll1,876Bibliography, History and criticism, Children's poetry, English, Poetry255mul, spa, rus
PoeticsAristotle1,536Early works to 1800, Aesthetics, Poetry, Poetics252heb, spa, und
The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson1,759Ethiopia, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Princes, Fiction249spa, mul, dut
The Ballad of Reading GaolOscar Wilde1,896Fiction, general, English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Classic Literature241heb, spa, rus
OdysseyΌμηρος1,980Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Odysseus (greek mythology), Mythology, classical, Odysseus (greek mythology), juvenile literature240vie, eng
The seasonsJames Thomson1,726German poetry, Winter, Prayers, Translations from English240ger, eng, lat
Vita nuovaDante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti1,829Italian literature, Translations into English, Translations into Ukrainian, Italian poetry231arm, cos, mul
RimeFrancesco Petrarca1,475Autographs, Bibliography, Books and reading, Concordances229spa, rus, und
Πολιτικά (Politiká)Aristotle1,492Politics and government, Incunabula, Aesthetics, Économie politique224spa, grc, ger
Gitanjali (song offerings)Rabindranath Tagore, Marie Luise Gothein1,910Bengali poetry, Translations into English, Translations from Bengali, English poetry217guj, san, spa
Il purgatorioDante Alighieri1,768Purgatory in literature, Purgatory, Poetry, Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri)216spa, rus, ger
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]William Shakespeare1,730Early Modern and Elizabethan English Drama, English literature, English drama, English poetry213eng, fre, kor
Die Leiden des jungen WerthersJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,779Translations into English, Travel, German fiction, Young men211arm, heb, est
MoraliaPlutarch1,500Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Animals (Philosophy), Biography211heb, cze, mul
The ProfessorCharlotte Brontë1,856British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Teachers, fiction, Belgium, fiction, Teachers210eng, spa, und
The ballad of the white horseGilbert Keith Chesterton, Catholic Way Publishing Staff1,911Poetry, History, Kings and rulers, Church history206eng
Poems by John KeatsJohn Keats1,800English poetry, Correspondence, English Poets, Manuscripts200ita, eng, fre
The Wild Knight and Other PoemsGilbert Keith Chesterton1,900English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Classic Literature, British literature193eng
GeorgicaPublius Vergilius Maro1,523Translations into English, Society in literature, Paraphrases, Poetry188arm, rus, mul
Winnie-the-PoohA. A. Milne1,925Juvenile audience, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Toy and movable books187pol, heb, epo
The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVIRobert Browning, Daniel Karlin1,800Criticism and interpretation, Humanism, Children's poetry, English, Poetry185spa, und, hun
The Song of Hiawatha and Other PoemsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow1,800Poetry, Children's poetry, American, American poetry, American Poets185eng, per, rus
WalkingHenry David Thoreau1,914Walking, Nature, Philosophy, Fiction183eng, fre, spa
CarminaHorace1,712Latin Laudatory poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Translations into Spanish183pol, heb, spa
OperaPublius Vergilius Maro1,502Readers, Translations into Italian, Legends, Latin Didactic poetry182ita, ger, fre
PharsaliaLucan1,486Campaigns, Criticism and interpretation, Early works to 1800, Facsimiles182und, mul, lat
The octopus, a story of CaliforniaFrank Norris1,901Fiction, Wheat farmers, Farmers, Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880180fre, eng, rus
EvangelineHenry Wadsworth Longfellow1,847Acadians, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Hexameter177spa, ger, fre
Lays of ancient RomeThomas Babington Macaulay1,800Poetry, History, Armada, 1588, Historical poetry, English176eng, fre
The Poetical Works of John DrydenJohn Dryden, John Dryden1,777Criticism and interpretation, English poetry, Drama, Dryden, John, -- 1631-1700176eng
Доктор ЖивагоBoris Leonidovich Pasternak1,957Fiction, History, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general176pol, est, spa
Moments of visionThomas Hardy1,889Criticism and interpretation, English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)174eng
Spoon River AnthologyEdgar Lee Masters, Beatriz Martín Vidal1,914Poetry (poetic works by one author), Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -, Epitaphs, Cemeteries170ita, eng, spa
L' Orlando furiosoLodovico Ariosto1,545Roland (Legendary character), Romances, Church of Ireland, Religion and ethics167mac, spa, und
Tristan und IsoldeGottfried von Strassburg, Arthur Thomas Hatto1,823Tristan (Legendary character), Romances, bub_upload, Arthurian romances160spa, mul, ger
The lady of the lakeSir Walter Scott1,800Sir Walter Scott, Poem, Writing, Publisher159ger, eng, cze
The Bell JarSylvia Plath1,948women college students, summer, Classics, Literature159spa, tur, ger
Rime of the ancient marinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge1,827Poetry, Illustrations, Animal welfare, Textual Criticism156eng, heb, ita
El conde LucanorDon Juan Manuel1,839Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Social life and customs, Fiction156roa, spa, und
The Renaissance, Studies in Art and PoetryWalter Pater1,873Renaissance Arts, Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics), Renaissance, Nonfiction156spa, rus, ger
EurekaEdgar Allan Poe1,848Cosmology, Cosmologie, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American literature155eng, fre, spa
EpigrammataMarcus Valerius Martialis, Paul Barie1,501Latin Epigrams, Translations into English, Poetry, Epigrams155spa, mul, ger
The song of HiawathaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jeff Ulmer1,855American poetry, American poetry ., Children's poetry, American, Children's stories, English154heb, spa, rus
ElegiaeSextus Propertius, Albius Tibullus1,780Concordances, English prose literature, Glossaries, Glossaries, vocabularies152spa, rus, und
RubāʻīyātOmar Khayyam1,870Persian poetry, Facsimiles, Translations into Kannada, Persian Manuscripts151arm, rom, jpn
The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume IIEmily Dickinson1,890American poetry, Translations into Spanish, Criticism and interpretation, Children's poetry, American151eng, fre, ukr
Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam1,859Miniature books, Specimens, Illustration of books, Translations into English149ger, dan, fre
Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsLewis Carroll1,869Ghosts, English Fantasy poetry, Poetry, snark147eng
AgamemnonAeschylus1,816Drama, Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy)145und, tur, ger
Letters to a young poetRainer Maria Rilke1,656Correspondence, German Authors, 20th century, Accessible book144heb, spa, ger
ParzivalWolfram von Eschenbach1,885Arthurian romances, Facsimiles, German Manuscripts, Knights and knighthood141spa, und, ger
The Pied Piper of HamelinRobert Browning, Ladybird Books Staff1,888Legends, Folklore, Pied Piper of Hamelin (Legendary character), Fairy tales140ger, fre, chi
Nightmare AbbeyThomas Love Peacock1,818Adaptations, Arthurian romances, Classic Literature, Fiction140eng, fre, und
الروض العاطر في نزهة الخاطرʻUmar ibn Muḥammad Nafzāwī1,886Early works to 1800, Erotic literature, Sex instruction, Sex education139ger, eng, fre
Faerie queeneEdmund Spenser1,590Epic poetry, Knights and knighthood, Poetry, Virtues139eng
GedichteJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,700Translations into English, German poetry, German Erotic poetry, German language136jpn, fre, hun
Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperadaPablo Neruda1,924Chilean Love poetry, Poesía amorosa chilena, Poesía chilena, Chilean poetry135heb, spa, eng
BucolicaPublius Vergilius Maro1,806Poetry, Latin Pastoral poetry, Country life, Translations into English134spa, mul, ger
Le CidPierre Corneille1,636Drama, French drama, French language, History134pol, eng, fre
Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)William Shakespeare1,771Poetry (poetic works by one author), Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, poetical works, English Sonnets, English Narrative poetry134pol, spa, und
The poetical works of Sir Walter ScottSir Walter Scott1,800Texts, Scots Ballads, Poetry, Literary collections134eng
Aminta, favola boscherecciaTorquato Tasso1,590Italian drama, Théâtre italien, Pastoral poetry, Italian language134spa, und, mul
The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling1,892Soldiers, Poetry, English poetry, history and criticism, Kipling, rudyard, 1865-1936133eng, und
OresteiaAeschylus1,845Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Drama, Electra (Greek mythology), Greek drama133spa, cze, ger
The Deserted VillageOliver Goldsmith, Eugène Tr Chevallier1,770Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry, Extinct cities, Poetry129arm, lat, fre
گُلِستانSaʻdī.1,700Persian language, Texts and translations, Arabic Folk literature, Textual Criticism129tgk, rus, kur
OdesHorace1,635Translations into English, Latin Laudatory poetry, Poetry, Latin Verse satire127eng, ger, lat
The Rape of the LockAlexander Pope1,714Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry, Pope, alexander, 1688-1744, English literature, history and criticism125ger, eng, fre
The Blue Poetry BookAndrew Lang1,891English poetry, Children's poetry, Collections, Poetry (poetic works by one author)123eng
CyropaediaXenophon1,527Biography, Cyrus, King of Persia, d. 529 B.C., Cyrus, in fiction, Early works to 1800122spa, rus, cze
Idylls of the KingAlfred Lord Tennyson1,859Poetry, Adaptations, Arthurian romances, Knights and knighthood118eng, fre
De consolatione philosophiaeBoethius1,483Incunabula, God, Miniature books, Medieval Education118roa, spa, enm
The OdysseyΌμηρος1,946Greek Epic poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Classical Epic poetry118eng
FastiOvid1,482Calendar, Fasts and feasts, Festivals, History and criticism118mul, ita, lat
The works of HoraceHorace1,681Translations into English, Poetry, Latin Laudatory poetry, Latin Verse satire116lat, eng, fre
A child's garden of versesRobert Louis Stevenson1,885Children's poetry, Scottish, Scottish poetry, Children's poetry, English, Poetry115eng, fre, lat
SatiraeHorace1,763Latin Verse satire, Translations into English, Poetry, Translations into Italian115eng, ger, rus
Sein und ZeitMartin Heidegger1,927Espace et temps, Ontologie, Existentialism, Space and time114eng, por, fre
The Light of AsiaEdwin Arnold1,879Poetry, Buddhas, Buddha (The concept), Buddhism114guj, mal, fre
MeghadūtaKālidāsa1,813Sanskrit Love poetry, Sanskrit Lyric poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Sanskrit poetry114guj, ori, pan
Lalla RookhThomas Moore, T. Moore1,800Irish authors, English poetry, Oriental Civilization, Poetry111dut, snd, ger
Die BlechtrommelGünter Grass1,959Fiction, History, German Historical fiction, Dwarfs111eng, ger, ara
AlcestisEuripides1,818Alcestis (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Greek drama (Tragedy), great_books_of_the_western_world111heb, und, lat
ComusJohn Milton1,738Fiction, Librettos, Masques with music, Poetry111eng, ita
Ramayana, a Holy Bible of IndiaVālmīki, Robert P. Goldman1,823Rāma (Hindu deity), Hanumān (Hindu deity) in literature, Translations into English, Prayer-books and devotions110mal, jpn, fin
Fröken JulieAugust Strindberg, Yael Farber1,880Translations into English, Criticism and interpretation, Social classes, Drama109heb, spa, und
Martín FierroJosé Hernández1,894gaucho, argentina, pampa, Gauchos109spa, ger, fre
Drum-tapsWalt Whitman1,865Poetry, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American poetry106eng
John Donne PoetryJohn Donne, John Booty1,633Criticism and interpretation, English Christian literature, Correspondence, Translations into Spanish105ger, eng, spa
Goethe's WerkeJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,800Translations into English, Knowledge, Science, German Authors105ger, eng
The works of Robert BurnsRobert Burns1,800Biography, Correspondence, Poetry, Scots Songs104eng
AeneidVirgil1,968Epic poetry, Aeneas (legendary character)104eng
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