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| Title: | Longing for a Kiss
: Love Poems from Many Lands |
| Author: | Compiled by the Editors of Hippocrene Books |
| ISBN: | 0781806712 : 9780781806718 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 160x235mm |
| Pages: | 196 |
| Weight: | .42 Kg. |
| Published: | Hippocrene Books - January 1999 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Poetry texts & anthologies: Gift books |
This unique anthology includes over 130 love poems from 21 different countries, each celebrating that all-important subject in poetry and art, the kiss. With 23 illustrations from the world renowned artists, this beautiful collection is a must have for any poetry library. From American to Ukrainian poems, with a diverse selection in between, here are works by Edgar Allan Poe, Jaroslav Seifert, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Franz Grillparzer, Plato, Moses Ibn Exra, Judah Halevi, Hafiz, Adam Mickiewicz, Mickhail Lermontov, and Gustavo Adolfo Becquer among many others.
