Project Gutenberg 2024-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 190 Benét, Stephen Vincent 1898 1943 Benet, Stephen Vincent 20021994 Heavens and Earth : $b A book of poems $aNew York :$bHenry Holt & Company, $c1920. Richard Tonsing, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Heavens and Earth: A book of poems" by Stephen Vincent Benét is a collection of poems published in the early 20th century. As a work from this time span, it captures a wide range of themes and emotions reflecting the complexities of human experience, nature, and mythology. The collection showcases Benét's skill in weaving lyrical language into vivid imagery that often draws on historical and mythological figures, particularly the ancient stories surrounding Helen of Troy. The poems within this collection explore various facets of existence, often oscillating between the realms of love, tragedy, and introspection. The opening sequences, "Two Visions of Helen," delve into the myth of Helen of Troy, expressing the tensions between desire and consequence. The poems navigate through moments of beauty, loss, and the struggles of the human spirit, reflecting on themes of mortality and the interconnectedness of life and death. Benét uses rich, evocative imagery and a musical quality in his verses to challenge the reader's perceptions and evoke a deep sense of emotional resonance, ultimately encouraging reflections on the nature of existence itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/heavensearthbook00ben/page/n7/mode/2up 20230313055943bent 1920 US Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American poetry -- 20th century PS Text 197239 2025-09-29T11:18:11.519229 text/html 171651 2024-10-14T19:10:46 text/html 305512 2025-09-29T11:18:18.688201 application/epub+zip 304262 2025-09-29T11:18:13.183227 application/epub+zip 179986 2025-09-29T11:18:12.202228 application/epub+zip 514029 2025-09-29T11:18:22.178686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471654 2025-09-29T11:18:18.038198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120316 2025-09-29T11:18:10.688225 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100389 2024-10-14T19:10:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15264 2025-09-29T11:18:22.319652 application/rdf+xml 10174 2025-09-29T11:18:12.410207 image/jpeg 1939 2025-09-29T11:18:12.303201 image/jpeg 418442 2025-09-29T11:18:11.539227 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia