For the best blank verse in English, read "Dr. Faustus," the masterpiece of Marlowe, who gave Shakespeare lessons in playwriting. This genius knew the secret of gripping drama. (Volume 19, Harvard Classics)
Marlowe died June 1, 1593.
Introductory Note: Giuseppe Mazzini
Byron and Goethe, by Giuseppe Mazzini
Introductory Note: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Introductory Note: Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Friendship (Part I), by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Introductory Note: John Milton
Poems Written in School and College, by John Milton
Introductory Note: Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Ch. IX), by Benjamin Franklin
Introductory Note: Thomas Carlyle
Inaugural Address at Edinburgh University, by Thomas Carlyle
Introductory Note: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Two Years before the Mast (Ch. XIII), by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Introductory Note: Homer
The Odyssey (Book XXII), by Homer
Introductory Note: Sir Francis Drake
Drake’s Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XVII), by Charles Darwin
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