"Romantic souls too shy to write a sentimental line to their loved ones on Valentine's Day may choose to proffer this compact and marvelously illustrated treasury instead. Selections from such Victorian poets as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emma Lazarus, Emily Dickinson and Emily and Anne Bronte express carefree, bittersweet or melancholy moods; the poems are illustrated with dramatic, glowing portraits of classical beauties draped in sumptuous garments..." from Publishers Weekly
Language
English
Pages
120
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bulfinch Press
Release
May 22, 1992
ISBN
0821218956
ISBN 13
9780821218952
Sound the Deep Waters: Women's Romantic Poetry in the Victorian Age
"Romantic souls too shy to write a sentimental line to their loved ones on Valentine's Day may choose to proffer this compact and marvelously illustrated treasury instead. Selections from such Victorian poets as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emma Lazarus, Emily Dickinson and Emily and Anne Bronte express carefree, bittersweet or melancholy moods; the poems are illustrated with dramatic, glowing portraits of classical beauties draped in sumptuous garments..." from Publishers Weekly