Classic, Spooky Poems for Halloween Night: A Fireside Anthology of Gothic Poems ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 12, 2020, 979-8685747426, $15.00, 239pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 83 poems, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. Details taken from Table of Contents.
- 11 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in
- · Ghosts: Tales of Spirits and Shades
- 14 · Dance of the Dead · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
- 17 · We Are Seven · William Wordsworth · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798
- 19 · The Shadow on the Stone · Thomas Hardy · pm Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy, Macmillan and Co., 1917
- 20 · The Highwayman · Alfred Noyes · pm Blackwood’s Magazine August 1906
- 24 · Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859
- 25 · The Poor Ghost · Christina Rossetti · pm Poems of Christina Rossetti by Christina Rossetti, Macmillan, 1904
- 26 · Methought I Saw… · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673, as “Sonnet 23”
- 28 · I Died for Beauty… · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 29 · The Phantom Wooer · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm from Death’s Jest-Book, William Pickering, 1850
- 30 · Lenore · Gottfried August Bürger · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Lenore”, Göttinger Musenalmanach, 1774).
- 38 · The Ghosts’ Moonshine · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm The Poems Posthumous and Collected of Thomas Lovell Beddoes by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, W. Pickering, 1851
- · Goblins: Tales of Sprites and Bogeys
- 39 · Little Orphant Annie · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Indianapolis Journal November 15 1885, as “The Elf-Child”
- 42 · The Erl-King · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Der Erlkönig”, 1782).
- 43 · The Kraken · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems Chiefly Lyrical by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Effingham Wilson, 1830
- 45 · The Conqueror Worm · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine January 1843
- 46 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, Macmillan, 1871
- 47 · Goblin Market · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862
- 62 · The Stolen Child · W. B. Yeats · pm The Irish Monthly December 1886
- 64 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 65 · Nine Little Goblins · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Puck February 22 1882, as “Nightmare”
- 68 · The Garrison of Cape Ann · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm Home Ballads and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier, Ticknor & Fields, 1860
- 71 · Tam Lin · [uncredited] · pm (r); a traditional ballad.
- 77 · Will-o’-the-Wisp · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896
- · Witches: Tales of Sorcery and Hags
- 78 · The Amber Witch · William Vaughn Moody · pm The Harvard Monthly March 1892
- 80 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
- 83 · The Witch of Atlas · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm Posthumous Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824
- 86 · A Weird Gathering · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm Legends of New England by John Greenleaf Whittier, Hartford, 1831
- 93 · Macbeth’s Song of the Witches · William Shakespeare · ex from Macbeth, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 96 · Tam o’ Shanter · Robert Burns · pm Edinburgh Magazine March 1791
- 102 · The Laboratory · Robert Browning · pm Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany June 1844
- 105 · The Hag · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 106 · The White Witch · James Weldon Johnson · pm The Crisis 1915
- 108 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922
- 112 · The Witch Bride · William Allingham · pm Poems by William Allingham, Chapman and Hall, 1850
- 114 · The Town Witch · Madison Cawein · pm The Pathfinder December 1908
- · Vampires: Tales of Seducers and Shapeshifters
- 115 · The Vampire · Conrad Aiken · pm Turns and Movies and Other Tales in Verse by Conrad Aiken, Houghton Mifflin, 1916
- 118 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
- 121 · Christabel · S. T. Coleridge · ex Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816
- 122 · The Ghost · Charles Baudelaire · pm (r)
- 124 · The Bride of Corinth · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Die Braut von Korinth”, Die Horen, 1797).
- 125 · The Vampyre · John Stagg · pm The Minstrel of the North by John Stagg, Hamblin and Seyfang, 1810
- 130 · The World · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862
- 136 · Demon of the Gibbet · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Home Journal October 18 1856, as “What Befell”
- 137 · The Vampire · Rudyard Kipling · pm New Gallery Catalogue April 1891
- 139 · The Giaour · George Gordon, Lord Byron · ex John Murray, 1813
- 141 · The Vampire Bride · Henry Thomas Liddell · pm The Wizard of the North: The Vampire Bride, and Other Poems by The Hon. Henry Liddell, W. Blackwood, 1833
- 142 · The Vampire · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896
- · Haunted Houses: Tales of Troubled Homes and Places
- 145 · Ghost House · Robert Frost · pm The Youth’s Companion March 15 1906
- 146 · The Haunted Palace · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Museum April 1839
- 148 · The Haunted Chamber · Henry W. Longfellow · pm Aftermath by H. W. Longfellow, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873
- 150 · The Listeners · Walter de la Mare · pm The Living Age April 29 1911
- 151 · The Haunted House · Thomas Hood · pm Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany January 1844
- 155 · Haunted Houses · Henry W. Longfellow · pm (r)
- 156 · The Mistletoe Bough · N. T. Haynes Bayly · pm Songs and Ballads by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Carey and Hart, 1844
- 158 · The Haunted Beach · Mary Darby Robinson · pm The Morning Post February 28 1800
- 161 · The Haunted Oak · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm The Century Magazine December 1900
- 163 · Low Barometer · Robert Bridges · pm New Verse by Robert Bridges, Oxford University Press, 1925
- 165 · Haunted Spot · Emma Lazarus · ex from “Scenes in the Wood”, Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science August 1875
- 166 · The Haunted House · Alice Cary · pm Poems by Alice Cary, Ticknor and Fields, 1855
- · Haunted Men: Tales of Troubled Hearts and Minds
- 167 · The Eve of St. Agnes · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 177 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845
- 181 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847
- 185 · Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 187 · Lenore · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Pioneer February 1843
- 188 · The Sleeper · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Elam Bliss, 1831, as “Irene”
- 190 · To Be Haunted · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1896, as “One Need Not Be a Chamber—to Be Haunted”
- 191 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849
- 192 · A Dream Within a Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union March 31 1839
- 193 · I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 194 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · S. T. Coleridge · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798
- 214 · Dreamland · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine June 1844
- · Hallowe’en: Tales of Dark Nights and Moonlit Skies
- 216 · Halloween · Robert Burns · pm Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns, John Wilson, 1786
- 223 · Theme in Yellow · Carl Sandburg · pm Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1916
- 225 · In Night (Sonnet 100) · Lord Brooke Fulke Greville · pm (r)
- 226 · All Souls’ Night, 1917 · Hortense King Flexner · pm Clouds and Cobblestones by Hortense Flexner, Houghton Mifflin, 1920
- 227 · All Souls · Edith Wharton · pm Scribner’s Magazine January 1909
- 229 · Ghost Music · Robert Graves · pm Over the Brazier by Robert Graves, The Poetry Bookshop, 1916
- 230 · Hallowe’en · Madison Cawein · pm Weeds by the Wall by Madison Cawein, J.P. Morton & Co., 1901
- 232 · Windy Nights · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1885
- 233 · Darkness · George Gordon, Lord Byron · pm The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1816
- 235 · Hallowe’en · Joel Benton · pm Harper’s Weekly October 31 1896
- 237 · Hamlet’s Fifth Soliloquy · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 238 · At Sunset · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896
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