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For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
100 Best-Loved Poems
Here are some of the most well-known poems in the English language, chosen for their literary value as well as their popularity. These magnificent poetry, which date from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, have the ability to stimulate our intellect and rejuvenate our souls.
Among them are Yeats: "When You Are Old"; Millay: "First Fig"; Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; Frost: "The Road Not Taken"; Shakespeare: "Sonnet XVIII" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"); Donne: "Holy Sonnet X" ("Death, be not proud"); Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"; Shelley: "Ode to the West Wind"; Longfellow: "The Children's Hour"; Poe: "The Raven"; Tennyson: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; Whitman: "O Captain! My Captain!"; Dickinson: "This Is My Letter to the World".
Many other poets' works - Blake, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Emerson, the Brownings, Milton, Hardy, Housman, Burns, Kipling, Pound, and Auden. This treasure includes a fantastic companion for quiet periods of introspection.
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
