The 126 poems in this superb collection of 19th and 20th century British and American verse range from the impassioned "e;Renascence"e; of Edna St. Vincent Millay to Edward Lear's whimsical "e;The Owl and the Pussycat"e; and James Whitcomb Riley’s homespun "e;When the Frost Is on the Punkin."e; Famous poets such as Wordsworth, Tennyson, Whitman, and Frost are well-represented, as are less well-known poets such as John McCrae ("e;In Flanders Fields"e;) and Ernest Thayer ("e;Casey at the Bat"e;). Includes 10 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "e;The Owl and the Pussycat,"e; "e;Casey at the Bat,"e; "e;Jabberwocky,"e; "e;O Captain! My Captain!,"e; "e;Paul Revere's Ride,"e; "e;Ozymandias,"e; "e;The Raven,"e; "e;Because I Could Not Stop for Death,"e; "e;Mending Wall,"e; and "e;Ode on a Grecian Urn."e;