"The perfect introduction to the beauty and power of American poetry, these twenty-five works celebrate the diverse backgrounds and voices that together make up a nation... Best-loved works by the most important American poets of the last two centuries are included here, alongside stunning works by lesser-known, but equally brilliant, writers"--from page [4] of cover.

An anthology of poems, most of them by English poets of earlier centuries, which reflect the symbolic overtones and moods of the seasons.