Link: English Poetry -- 600-1900 AD from Chadwyck-Healy via NCLive

About: English Poetry -- 600-1900 AD from Chadwyck-Healy via NCLive is the most comprehensive electronic archive of English poetry available. The collection contains over 160,000 poems, essentially comprising the complete canon of English poetry of the British Isles from the 8th century to around 1900. Drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources, more than 1,250 poets are represented. Full text.

Dates of Coverage: 600 to 1900 AD.

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