Selections from the Carmina BuranaBy: A selection from the 13th century collection of secular Latin poems Selections from the Carmina Burana includes dramatic poems about the Crusades, but the majority of the verses are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the collection are most well known as the basis for Carl Orff's Carmina Burana cantada. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English speaking world, representing a global