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Subject - Adventure

Need some adventure in your life? Get lost in one of these!


  1. The Marvelous Munchausen by William Rose Benét
  2. The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

    an unlikely cadre team-up in search of the elusive snark

  3. Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton
  4. Marco Bozzaris by Fitz-Greene Halleck

    a brave Greek Chieftain leads his band in a night attack

  5. Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling

    this regimental water boy is a better man that most

  6. The Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell Lowell
  7. The Battle of Naseby by Thomas Babbington Macaulay

    Oh, evil was the root, and bitter was the fruit,
    And crimson was the juice of the vintage that we trod;

  8. A Wanderer's Song by John Masefield

    he craves to be at sea

  9. The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton Paterson

    an unassuming mountain horseman rounds-up a wayward herd of wild bush horses

  10. The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Sir Walter Scott
  11. The Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service

    a desolate place made beautiful

  12. The Rover by Robert W. Service

    Oh but it is good to be
    Foot-loose and heart-free!
    Yet how good it is to come
    Home at last, home, home!

  13. The Lifeboat by George R. Sims

    We launched the boat in the tempest, though death was the goal in view
    And never a one but doubted if the craft could live it through;

The subject indexes are a wonderful way to browse Poets' Corner, leading you to works you might not find any other way. I hope also that they can help the site to seem less overwhelming than it might at first. If you have suggestions or comments about the Subject Indicies please contact Jon Lachelt.

The quotes from Carl Sandburg on the heading of some of the subject pages are from his book of poems, Good Morning America.

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