Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
| Montgomerie, Alexander. 1540?–1610? | The Night is Near Gone |
Montrose, Marquis of
(James Graham). 1612–1650 | I’ll never love Thee more |
| Moore, T. Sturge. b. 1870 | A Duet |
| Moore, Thomas. 1779–1852 | The Young May Moon |
| The Irish Peasant to His Mistress |
| The Light of Other Days |
| At the Mid Hour of Night |
| Morris, William. 1834–1896 | Summer Dawn |
| Love is enough |
| The Nymph’s Song to Hylas |
| Munday, Anthony. 1553–1633 | Beauty Bathing |
| Nairne, Carolina Lady. 1766–1845 | The Land o’ the Leal |
| Nashe, Thomas. 1567–1601 | Spring |
| In Time of Pestilence |
| Newbolt, Henry. b. 1862 | He fell among Thieves |
Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley.
1834–1894 | The Water-Nymph and the Boy |
| The Old |
Norton, Caroline
Elizabeth Sarah. 1808–1876 | I do not love Thee |
| O’Reilly, John Boyle. 1844–1890 | A White Rose |
O’Shaughnessy, Arthur
William Edgar. 1844–1881 | Ode |
| Song |
| The Fountain of Tears |
| Oldham, John. 1653–1683 | A Quiet Soul |
| Oldys, William. 1687–1761 | On a Fly drinking out of his Cup |
| Otway, Thomas. 1652–1685 | The Enchantment |
| Pagan, Isobel. 1740–1821 | Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes |
| Parker, Gilbert. b. 1862 | Reunited |
| Parnell, Thomas. 1670–1718 | Song |
| Patmore, Coventry. 1823–1896 | The Married Lover |
| ‘If I were dead‘ |
| Departure |
| The Toys |
| A Farewell |
| Peacock, Thomas Love. 1785–1866 | Love and Age |
| The Grave of Love |
| Three Men of Gotham |
| Peele, George. 1558?–97 | Fair and Fair |
| A Farewell to Arms |
| Philips, Katherine (‘Orinda’). 1631–1664 | To One persuading a Lady to Marriage |
| Philpot, William. 1823–1889 | Maritæ Suæ |
| Poe, Edgar Allan. 1809–1849 | To Helen |
| Annabel Lee |
| For Annie |
| Pope, Alexander. 1688–1744 | On a certain Lady at Court |
| Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady |
| The Dying Christian to his Soul |
| Praed, Winthrop Mackworth. 1802–1839 | Fairy Song |
| Prior, Matthew. 1664–1721 | The Question to Lisetta |
| To a Child of Quality, Five Years Old, 1704. The Author then Forty |
| Song |
| On My Birthday, July 21 |
| The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus |
| A Letter |
| For my own Monument |
| Quarles, Francis. 1592–1644 | A Divine Rapture |
| Respice Finem |
| Raleigh, Sir Walter. 1552–1618 | The Silent Lover i |
| The Silent Lover ii |
| His Pilgrimage |
| The Conclusion |
| Her Reply |
| Ramsay, Allan. 1686–1758 | Peggy |
| Randolph, Thomas. 1605–1635 | A Devout Lover |
| An Ode to Master Anthony Stafford |
| Rands, William Brighty. 1823–1880 | The Flowers |
| The Thought |
| Reynolds, John. 16th Cent. | A Nosegay |
Rochester, Earl of,
John Wilmot. 1647–1680 | Return |
| Love and Life |
| Constancy |
| To His Mistress |
| Rolleston, T. W. b. 1857 | The Dead at Clonmacnois |
| Rossetti, Christina Georgina. 1830–1894 | Bride Song |
| A Birthday |
| Song |
| Twice |
| Uphill |
| Passing Away |
| Marvel of Marvels |
| Is it Well with the Child? |
| Remember |
| Aloof |
| Rest |
| Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. 1828–1882 | The Blessèd Damozel |
| Rowe, Henry. 1750–1819 | Sun |
| Moon |
| Rowlands, Richard. 1565–1630? | Lullaby |
| Ruskin, John. 1819–1900 | Trust Thou Thy Love |
Russell, George William
(‘A. E.’). b. 1853 | By the Margin of the Great Deep |
| The Great Breath |
| Scott, Alexander. 1520?–158– | A Bequest of His Heart |
| A Rondel of Love |
| Scott, Sir Walter. 1771–1832 | Proud Maisie |
| Brignall Banks |
| Lucy Ashton’s Song |
| Answer |
| The Rover’s Adieu |
| Patriotism 1. Innominatus |
| Patriotism 2. Nelson, Pitt, Fox |
| Scott, William Bell. 1812–1890 | The Which’s Ballad |
| Sedley, Sir Charles. 1639–1701 | To Chloris |
| To Celia |
| Shakespeare, William. 1564–1616 | Silvia |
| The Blossom |
| Spring and Winter i |
| Spring and Winter ii |
| Fairy Land i |
| Fairy Land ii |
| Fairy Land iii |
| Fairy Land iv |
| Fairy Land v |
| Love |
| Sweet-and-Twenty |
| Dirge |
| Under the Greenwood Tree |
| Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind |
| It was a Lover and his Lass |
| Take, O take those Lips away |
| Aubade |
| Fidele |
| Bridal Song |
| Dirge of the Three Queens |
| Orpheus |
| The Phoenix and the Turtle |
| Sonnets i |
| Sonnets ii |
| Sonnets iii |
| Sonnets iv |
| Sonnets v |
| Sonnets vi |
| Sonnets vii |
| Sonnets viii |
| Sonnets ix |
| Sonnets x |
| Sonnets xi |
| Sonnets xii |
| Sonnets xiii |
| Sonnets xiv |
| Sonnets xv |
| Sonnets xvi |
| Sonnets xvii |
| Sonnets xviii |
| Sonnets xix |
| Sonnets xx |
