Contents O may I join the choir invisible! / George Eliot -- How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix / Robert Browning -- Mother and poet / Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- Nature's lady / George Eliot -- To a skylark / Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Excerpt from O May I Join the Choir Invisible!May I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn Of miserable aims that end with self In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's minds To vaster issues.

Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers.