The Methuen Book of Poems for Every Day"The Methuen Book of Poems for Every Day includes 366 poems by over two hundred poets from antiquity to the present. From Blake to Betjeman and Whitman to Wilde, the book blends familiar classics with unknown gems old and new. The result is at once a celebration of the greatest poets and their finest work, of the endless variety of the year - and of poetry itself, in all the glorious diversity of the form: lyric, epic and elegiac, sonnet, ballad, song, satire and romance." "Here are poems of every kind, to suit each day, each mood and season, all tastes and all ages: reflective, exuberant, mourning or joyful, loving or laughing. They chart every trajectory of human experience and emotion; and at the same time, they give it context within the shape of the year." "These poems are accompanied by notes that set them, day by day, in their historical record. Concise and informative, these include other notable events of that date, from births and deaths to coronations and catastrophes."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... Italy , France , Spain and Portugal . In 1923 the Flying Scotsman , number 4472 , first entered service with the London and North Eastern Railway . After steam locomotives were withdrawn from service , the Flying Scotsman had a number ...
... Italy , France , Spain and Portugal . In 1923 the Flying Scotsman , number 4472 , first entered service with the London and North Eastern Railway . After steam locomotives were withdrawn from service , the Flying Scotsman had a number ...
Page 187
... Italy and Switzerland through the Alps . W. E. Gladstone ( 1809-1898 ) , Prime Minister from 1868 to 1874 , 1880 to 1885 , briefly in 1886 and finally in 1892 until 1894 , died . Sir John Betjeman ( 1906–1984 ) , poet and author , died ...
... Italy and Switzerland through the Alps . W. E. Gladstone ( 1809-1898 ) , Prime Minister from 1868 to 1874 , 1880 to 1885 , briefly in 1886 and finally in 1892 until 1894 , died . Sir John Betjeman ( 1906–1984 ) , poet and author , died ...
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... Italy an Hannibal , And to all States not free Shall climacteric be . The Pict no shelter now shall find Within his particoloured mind , But from this valour sad Shrink underneath the plaid , Happy , if in the tufted brake The English ...
... Italy an Hannibal , And to all States not free Shall climacteric be . The Pict no shelter now shall find Within his particoloured mind , But from this valour sad Shrink underneath the plaid , Happy , if in the tufted brake The English ...
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