Palgrave's Golden Treasury
The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics is a popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected for publication by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861. It was considerably revised, with input from Tennyson, about three decades later. Palgrave excluded all poems by poets then still alive.
The book continues to be published in regular new editions, still under Palgrave's name. These reproduce Palgrave's selections and notes, but usually include a supplement of more recent poems. Christopher Ricks in 1991 produced a scholarly edition of the original Treasury (or rather an account of its evolution 1861 to 1891, with inclusions and exclusions.)
There is no definitive version of this popular classic.
Read more about Palgrave's Golden Treasury: Book I (Palgrave), Book II (Palgrave), Book III (Palgrave), Book IV (Palgrave), Book V As Selected By Laurence Binyon, Additional Poems, As Selected By C. Day Lewis (1954, Collins), OUP Edition (1994) in Six Books, Editions Online, Websites
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