Book excerpt: Elizabethan poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh’s poetry is renowned for its straightforward, unornamented mode known as the plain style, resisting the elaborate poetic devices of Italian poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Raleigh’s complete poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Raleigh's life and works * Concise introduction to Raleigh’s life and poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes a selection of Raleigh's prose works * Features a bonus biography - discover Raleigh's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Sir Walter Raleigh BRIEF INTRODUCTION: SIR WALTER RALEIGH The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Prose THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANA SIR WALTER RALEIGH BIDS FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE A FEW HOURS BEFORE HE EXPECTS TO BE EXECUTED The Biography SIR WALTER RALEGH by John Knox Laughton and Sidney Lee Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles