August 21st is Poet’s Day and we are celebrating by calling attention to just a few of our poetry books. The quote in the title comes from “Death and Doctor Hornbook: A True Story” by Robert Burns, featured in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns shown below.
![Burns, Robert, Poetical Works of Robert Burns , PR4300 1850 B6, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PR4300_1850_B6.jpg?resize=492%2C396)
Burns, Robert, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, PR4300 1850 B6, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Dickinson, Emily, Letters of Emily Dickinson , PS1541 .Z5 A3 1931, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS1541_Z5_A3_1931.jpg?resize=500%2C424)
Dickinson, Emily, Letters of Emily Dickinson, PS1541 .Z5 A3 1931, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Yeats, W. B., The Secret Rose , PR5904 .S3 1897b, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PR5904_S3_1897b.jpg?resize=406%2C460)
Yeats, W. B., The Secret Rose, PR5904 .S3 1897b, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , PR4479 .A1 1910b, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PR4479_A1_1910b.jpg?resize=558%2C387)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, PR4479 .A1 1910b, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Chaucer, Jeffrey, The Works of Our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer , PR1850 1687, Special Collections Research Center.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PR1850_1687.jpg?resize=515%2C431)
Chaucer, Jeffrey, The Works of Our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer, PR1850 1687, Special Collections Research Center.
![Johnson, Samuel, The Works of English Poets , v.29 of 75, PR1171 .J6, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PR1171_J6.jpg?resize=293%2C490)
Johnson, Samuel, The Works of English Poets, v.29 of 75, PR1171 .J6, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Miyamori, Asatar?, An Anthology of Japanese Poems , PL884 .M585 1938, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PL884_M585_1938.jpg?resize=900%2C370)
Caption reads, “Cherries and pines in the foreground. From a larger picture presented to Fuhrer Adolf Hitler by the Department of Education.” Miyamori, Asataro, An Anthology of Japanese Poems, PL884 .M585 1938, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Alighieri, Dante, Dante's Hell , PQ4315.21 .P43 1857, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PQ4315_21_P43_1857.jpg?resize=376%2C576)
Alighieri, Dante, Dante’s Hell, PQ4315.21 .P43 1857, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![T?ayyib, ?Abd Alla?h, al-H?ama?sah al-sughra? , PJ7641 .T37 1964, Special Collections Research Center.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PJ7641_T37_1964.jpg?resize=375%2C528)
Tayyib, Abd Allah, al-Hamasah al-sughra, PJ7641 .T37 1964, Special Collections Research Center.
![Scaligero, Giulio Cesare, Iulij Caesaris Scaligeri viri clarissimi poematum , PA8575 .S3 P37 1591, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PA8575_S3_P37_1591.jpg?resize=379%2C391)
Scaligero, Giulio Cesare, Iulij Caesaris Scaligeri viri clarissimi poematum, PA8575 .S3 P37 1591, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
![Ovid, Les Metamorphoses , PA6523 .M2 B35 1732b v.1, Special Collections Research Center.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PA6523_M2_B35_1732b_v1.jpg?resize=612%2C449)
Ovid, Les Metamorphoses, PA6523 .M2 B35 1732b v.1, Special Collections Research Center.
![Juvenal, Mores Hominum , PA6447 .E5 S7 1660, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.](https://i0.wp.com/vault217.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PA6447_E5_S7_1660.jpg?resize=441%2C661)
Juvenal, Mores Hominum, PA6447 .E5 S7 1660, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University.
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