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The Poetry Bookshelf

The Poetry Bookshelf is a list of classic poetry by the world famous poets.

A Boy's Will by Robert Frost: A book of 32 poems dealing with the burdens, hardships and complications of being a boy.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde: A poem in memory of Charles Thomas Wooldridge. A former Trooper in the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army. Charles Wooldridge was hanged for murder on July 7th, 1896 at H.M. Prison, Reading, Berkshire.
The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Author Unknown: An British political poem printed for William Hone in 1821.
The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe: An 1838 poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe would latter used this poem in his classic short story "The Fall of the House of Usher".