The Vision of Sir Launfal is a collection of entertaining and elegant poems about God and Randall Parrish's life. Excerpt: "God makes sech nights, all white an' still Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zeke crept up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, With no one nigh to hinder."

The following book is a collection of writings by James Russell Lowell, including his autobiography and poems. Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside.