The fact of frequent, adverse allusions to the Prophet of Islam in European and English literatures is well known; but little is known about the positive poems on him in English. They came to be written in the closing years of the eighteenth century Coleridge and Southey pioneered the change. Some others followed later, and the tradition continues still. These poems, however, lie scattered in rare works, and despite their considerable merit, have not been collected together so far. The present anthology seeks to fill the desideratum. The ‘historical introduction: appended to the book, explains the genesis and nature of this traditional literary antagonism responsible for delay in the expression of poetic tributes to the Prophet in English. The poems collected here are variously biographical, appreciative and devotional in approach. While the Muslims may find them particularly heart-warming, others across the faiths may find the prophet’s character and moral values reflected in them instructive and enlightening. Besides, Islam has been a great civilizing force in history, and an increased awareness of the humanist message and ideals of its founder through the medium of poetry may contribute in some measure to the cause of interfaith tolerance and understanding, urgently needed in the contemporary scenario of eruptive fanaticism and retributive, belligerent counter-extremism. A few negative poems are included to make the anthology more representatives in character, and to mark English muse’s shift from pervasive hatred to understanding and appreciation. The anthology time-spectrum spreads from the fourteenth century to the present age. Poets from the UK, USA, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh figure here. In view of their historical importance English translations of Goethe two remarkable poems on Mohammad, and extracts from Carlyle’s famous lecture on Prophet as a hero are given in separate appendices. Gists of two rare English plays on the Prophet are also included in an appendix each.