The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition

The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition is the first volume in a comprehensive collection of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated and transformative poets. This edition gathers Eliot’s early and middle-period works, tracing the evolution of his voice from precocious experimenter to modernist master and spiritual seeker.

The volume opens with The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), Eliot’s breakout poem that captures the disillusionment, irony, and inner paralysis of the modern psyche. It continues with Preludes, Portrait of a Lady, Rhapsody on a Windy Night, and other poems from his early collections, offering readers a glimpse into Eliot’s fusion of lyrical grace and philosophical depth. His landmark poem The Waste Land (1922), presented in full with its original structure, anchors the collection and remains a touchstone of literary modernism.

Further into the volume, readers encounter The Hollow Men, Ash Wednesday, and a rich array of lesser-known pieces, including humorous verse, reflective lyrics, and spiritual meditations. The book concludes with the Ariel Poems (1927–1930), a series of concise, deeply symbolic works written for Christmas booklets, showcasing Eliot’s growing interest in faith, ritual, and renewal.

Accompanied by period-inspired illustrations, this edition brings new life to Eliot’s vivid imagery and emotional landscapes. For both devoted readers and those discovering Eliot for the first time, Volume I offers a profound journey into the heart of modern poetry, where language becomes a mirror of spiritual, cultural, and personal transformation.
Contents:
•Prufrock and Other Observations (1917)
-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
-Portrait of a Lady
-Preludes
-Rhapsody on a Windy Night
-Morning at the Window
-The Boston Evening Transcript
-Aunt Helen
-Cousin Nancy
-Mr. Apollinax
-Hysteria
-Conversation Galante
-La Figlia che Piange

•Poems, 1920
-Gerontion
-Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar
-Sweeney Erect
-A Cooking Egg
-Le Directeur
-Mélange Adultère de Tout
-Lune de Miel
-The Hippopotamus
-Dans le Restaurant
-Whispers of Immortality
-Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service
-Sweeney among the Nightingales
-The Waste Land (1922)

•THE WASTELAND

•The Hollow Men (1925)

•Ash Wednesday (1930)

•Ariel Poems
-Journey of the Magi
-A Song for Simeon
-Animula
-Marina
-The Cultivation of Christmas Trees

•Miscellaneous Verses
-Poems Written in Early Youth
-A Fable for Feasters
-A Lyric
-Song: If space and time, as sages say
-At Graduation 1905
-Song: When we came home across the hill
-Before Morning
-Circe’s Palace
-On a Portrait
-Song: The moonflower opens to the moth
-Nocturne
-Humouresque
-Spleen
-Ode
-The Death of Saint Narcissus
-Sweeney Agonistes
-Fragment of a Prologue
-Fragment of an Agon
-Minor Poems
-Eyes that last I saw in tears
-The wind sprang up at four o’clock
-Five-Finger Exercises
-Landscapes
-Lines for an Old Man
-Defence of the Islands
-A Note on War Poetry
-To the Indians who Died in Africa
-To Walter de la Mare
-A Dedication to my Wife