Poems / by Madison Cawein ; with a foreward by William Dean Howells [electronic text]

For more advanced students

A History of English Prosody

From the Twelfth Century to the Present Day Volume I—From the Origins to Spenser.

"What strikes one is the sensibleness of the book as a whole. Not merely for enthusiasts on metrics, but for students of literature in general, it is a good augury toward the probable clearing up of this entire blurred and cloudy subject to find Omond's mild fairness and Thomson's telling simplicity. . . . The most extraordinary thing about this volume is that, unintentionally as it would appear, the author has produced the one English book now existing which is likely to be of real use to those who wish to perfect themselves in the formal side of verse composition."

The Evening Post