<p>Chosen by Eliot himself the poems in this volume represent the poet&#39;s most important work before Four Quartets. Included here is some of the most celebrated verse in modern literature-&quot;The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock&quot; &quot;Gerontion&quot; &quot;The Waste Land&quot; &quot;The Hollow Men&quot; and &quot;Ash Wednesday&quot;-as well as many other fine selections from Eliot&#39;s early work.</p>