Read about the English writer, whose work includes literary criticism, essays and poems.

Read works by the English author of such poems as "Dover Beach" and "The Forsaken Merman," and access related links.

Brief poem dedicated to the bard is presented here by the "Oxford Book of English Verse."

Peruse the text of this long poem by Matthew Arnold about a merman's adventures under the sea.

"Oxford Book of English Verse" provides the complete text of this long poem by Matthew Arnold.

Reprints three sonnets, "Shakespeare," "West London" and "To A Republican Friend, 1848."