>bestseller that set the standards for poetry at the height of British Empire>completely forgotten todayWas it shit?
>>24829205i'd guess not. Our society is just stupid and thinks history doesn't matter unless its supports the emotional wants of the mob in the moment.
>>24829205not as good as the Golden Treasury
>>24829574It succeeded it though
>>24829205>>completely forgotten todayPlenty of the poems in there are remembered. Unfortunately, 99% of poetry is absolute dreck, so even a "good" collection will have quite a bit of chaff.
>>24829205?The Oxford Book of English Verse is continually revised and sells incredibly well.
