These collections of works by major poets are compiled from copyright-free sources and carefully formatted so that, as far as possible, poems appear as they would in print (though please note that some ereader apps will ignore formatting, especially line indentations.)
Each book has a hyperlinked list of contents and brief explanatory notes. You can download them free below as epub, mobi (Kindle) or pdf files.
Eleven poetry ebooks are currently available:
English Poetry of Landscape: an Anthology 1370 - 1928
The Poetry of Sleep: an Anthology 1370 - 1930
101 Memorable Poems of Seven Centuries
John Donne - Selected Poems
Coleridge - Selected Poems
Keats - Selected Poems
John Clare - Selected Poems
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Selected Poems
Tennyson - Selected Poems
W.B. Yeats - Selected Poems
Edward Thomas - Selected Poems and Prose
This book contains works by over 50 poets, from Chaucer to Rupert Brooke, some famous, some less well-known. The poems are arranged chronologically, showing how attitudes to landscape have shifted through the centuries.
Download the free landscape poetry ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
(If pdf fails to download, please try here).
This collection contains eighty poems about sleep (and the lack of it), from Chaucer to the 20th Century. Poems are arranged chronologically.
Download the free Poetry of Sleep ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
(If pdf fails to download, please try here
.)
This anthology includes some of the most famous poems written in English. While others are less well-known, all lend themselves to being committed to memory.
Download the free ebook of 101 Memorable Poems:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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This contains seventy of the 17th century poet's best-known love poems, elegies and religious verses.
Download the free Donne ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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Includes The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, the conversation poems and other notable works.
Download the free Coleridge ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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There is also a separate pdf of
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (full text with line numbers).
This includes Keats's most famous works, including the Odes and the whole of Hyperion, as well as lesser-known poems.
Download the free Keats ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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A collection of ninety poems and extracts by the 19th century poet of nature and rural life.
Download the free John Clare ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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Over sixty poems and extracts by one of the most intelligent and renowned poets of her time; including extensive excerpts from her verse novel Aurora Leigh.
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epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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This collection includes Tennyson's best-known shorter works in full, and extracts from longer and lesser-known poems, with explanatory notes.
Download the free Tennyson ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
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This collection contains over a hundred poems by Ireland's most famous poet.
Download the free Yeats ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
(If pdf fails to download, please try here.)
Most of Thomas's poems are included, as well as extracts from ten of his books.
Download the free Edward Thomas ebook:
epub
mobi (for Kindle)
pdf
(If pdf fails to download, please try here.)
N.B. The first pdf links are to Google Drive. Alternative links are given in case downloads exceed Google Drive's daily limits; or are for readers who do not like its interface.
More ebooks will be added in the future. These books were compiled
as a labour of love; please feel free to copy or use them for any non-commercial purpose.
Links
For more classic poetry, try these websites:
Project Gutenberg for free ebooks.
Or to read online:
The Poetry Foundation (a clear and informative website)
Bartleby (lots of volumes of online verse)
Kalliope (a Danish site, but with works by many British poets)
Luminarium (medieval to 18th Century poetry)
See the classic novels, abridged.
Mobi and epub ebooks were created using the excellent free software from Calibre.