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I loved this book so much and memorized many of the poems. The golden treasury is one of the most loved anthologies of english poetry ever published. Treasury poetry louis untermeyer for sale collectible. Originally published in 1959 as a onevolume anthology of poems to grow on and grow up with, this volume with a new introduction by leonard s. Twenty years ago, while browsing an antique store, i found this little book by c.
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