Don Juan  8712

Locations in Harold's Library

• The New Oxford Book of War Poetry (book) (excerpt only)
  • Excerptfrom "'Let there be light!' said God, and there was light!" to "'Let there be blood!' says man, and there's a sea!"
• The Norton Anthology of Poetry (5th edition) (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 837
  • Excerptfrom "I would to Heaven that I were so much clay," to And so—for God's sake—hock and soda-water!"  (public domain)
• The Norton Anthology of Poetry (5th edition) (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 837
  • Excerpt: from Canto the Firstfrom stanza 1/line 1: "I want a hero: an uncommon want, / When every year and month sends forth a new one," to stanza 119/line 952: "I'm very sorry, very much ashamed, / And mean, next winter, to be quite reclaimed."  (public domain)
• London: A Literary Anthology (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 28
  • in "Coming to London"
  • Excerptfrom "Through Groves, so call'd as being void of trees," to "Mount Pleasant"
• London: A Literary Anthology (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 28
  • in "Coming to London"
  • Excerpt: Canto Xfrom "So said the Florentine; ye monarchs, hearken" to "O'er the high hill.
• The Faber Book of War Poetry (book) (excerpt only)
  • in "Leadership"
  • Excerpt: Canto IXfrom verse 1, "Oh, Wellington! (or 'Vilainton' – for Fame ..."" to "verse 1, "Oh, Wellington! (or 'Vilainton' – for Fame ..."
• The Faber Book of War Poetry (book) (excerpt only)
  • in "The Epic"
  • Excerpt: Canto VIIfrom "Oh, thou eternal Homer! I have now"

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