Palgrave's Golden Treasury

The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Selected and Arranged with Notes by Francis Turner Palgrave. LONDON: MACMILLAN, 1875 – NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999

Thomas Palgrave describes his Golden Treasury: “This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original lyrical pieces and songs in our language, by writers not living, and none besides the best. The Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who love poetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued.”