The following book is a collection of written works by Thomas Davis. He was an Irish writer; with Charles Gavan Duffy and John Blake Dillon, a founding editor of The Nation, the weekly organ of what came to be known as the Young Ireland movement. While embracing the common cause of a representative, national government for Ireland, Davis took issue with the nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell by arguing for the common ("mixed") education of Catholics...

A crisp wind blows. A voice howls. Masked figures dance by moonlight. And the taste of chocolate is in everyone's mouth. It's Halloween! Lee Bennett Hopkins captures the spirit of everyone's favorite holiday in this sweet and spooky collection of poems for beginning readers.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Pieces People Ask For" (Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry for Reading and Recitations) by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will...

"From bestselling author, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian comes a collectible treasury of her most beloved poetry and prose. Selected by the author and organized by topic, the pieces in this collection address themes such as letting go, understanding self-worth, and stepping into your own power"--

More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.

As a member of the Fireside Poets, a group of five nineteenth century American poets whose work elevated American poetry to a status equal to if not surpassing that of the English poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote some of the most famous poems in American literature. Included in this collection are many of his most well-loved poems, such as the iconic "Paul Revere's Ride", which relates the famous night time ride of Paul Revere to warn his compatriots...

A passionate intensity moves through the subjective, intimate voice of the poems of Natalka Bilotserkivets. Through translation, Subterranean Fire continues their mysterious pilgrimage to their second lives. From one of the true inheritors – touchstones like Anna Akhmatova, Gabriela Mistral, and Louise Bogan – the poems of Bilotserkivets inhabit us as they include us in their transcendent borderland. – American poet James Brasfield With...

A break from your daily struggles is only a verse away... Poet Orna Ross knows the power of words. As an award-winning author and one of the 100 most influential people in publishing (The Bookseller), Ross's passion is the power of poetry and prose to change lives. Through the Irish-born and globally-traveled poet's centering and inspiring verse, the ordinary is transformed into the eternal, loneliness is reshaped into connection, and pain into understanding....

If you're a fan of Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, Rumi or Seamus Heaney, you'll find poems in this volume that will please you. This is the kind of inspirational poetry that celebrates life, love and the resilience of the creative spirit. While not shying away from adversity or suffering, it celebrates the dimension of life that goes beyond our cares and troubles, our thought and talk. Here you'll find poems about birth and rebirth, passion and perfection,...

A collection of stories, folklore, poetry, and songs from Ireland.