Palgrave's golden treasury

The Golden Treasury is a celebrated anthology of English poetry first published in 1861 by Francis Turner Palgrave.

It collects the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language, arranged roughly chronologically in four books that cover different eras from the Elizabethan period through the 19th century.

The poems are grouped thematically rather than strictly by author or date, creating a rich, conversational experience among poets.

The anthology was revised with input from Alfred Lord Tennyson and has remained influential, continuing to be published in new editions.

It features works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats, and many other major poets, and was intended as a source of lifelong pleasure and inspiration for readers.