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Poetry - Lyric Genre
Books in the Poetry - Lyric genre:
Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Author(s):
Lord George Gordon Byron
Illustrator(s):
None
L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (1848)
Author(s):
John Milton
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
Richard Doyle
John Tenniel
Et al
Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1855)
Collected verse by one of the literary lights of Victorian Britain, who died young. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Day and Night Songs; and The Music Master. A Love Poem (1860)
Author(s):
William Allingham
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Hughes
John Everett Millais
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A Chaplet of Verses (1862)
A collection of religious verse. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Adelaide Anne Procter
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker (1865)
A collection of poetry. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frederick Locker
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
John Leighton
John Everett Millais
Phantasmagoria (1869)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Child Life: A Collection of Poems (1871)
An anthology of poetry intended for children, selected by a poet.
Author(s):
John Greenleaf Whittier
Illustrator(s):
Various
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871)
The author’s second book of nonsense includes The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Quiver of Love (1876)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Kate Greenaway
Laughable Lyrics (1877)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Baby’s Bouquet (1878)
A collection of popular nursery songs with music and illustrations. READ NOW.
Author(s):
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children (1878)
Author(s):
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Christmas Snowflakes (1879)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
The “Little Folks” Painting Book (1879)
Stories and poems with pictures to be colored in.
Author(s):
George Weatherly
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The “Little Folks” Nature Painting Book (1880)
Stories, verses and outline pictures to be colored in by the user.
Author(s):
George Weatherly
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
A Day in a Child’s Life (1881)
Words and music for nine children’s songs. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Myles Birket Foster
Robert Herrick
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The First of May: A Fairy Masque (1881)
A tour de force of illustration, the writing not so much. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
John R. Wise
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane