The New Golden Treasury

This anthology in intended, in general, for anyone who wishes to acquaint himself with English poetry and, in particular, for the student-reader in undergraduate course who may wish to have some of the best poems in the English language in one handy selection. In selecting for this book from the great bulk of English poetry, the editors have been guided by the notion that space should be given only to those poets who are acknowledged masters of imaginative writing, whatever their subject matter might be. From the poets so chosen, particular poems were selected for their characteristic excellence of substance and form.