Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life

As the title of the book suggests, this book is a collection of poems penned by George Meredith. The works featured are all inspired by some of history's most tragic deaths, and also include some mythological cataclysms. Titles to be found within this book's pages include 'King Harald's Trance', 'France, December 1870', 'Archduchess Anne', and 'Hernani'. Here's an excerpt from 'King Harald's Trance': "Sword in length a reaping-hook amain / Harald sheared his field, blood up to shank / 'Mid the swathes of slain / First at moonrise drank."