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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Methuen. Warm Summer Sun Warm summer sun , Shine kindly here , Warm southern wind , Blow softly here . Green sod above , Lie light , lie light . Good night , dear heart , Good night ... Summer Come we to the summer , to the summer 216 June 6.
Methuen. Warm Summer Sun Warm summer sun , Shine kindly here , Warm southern wind , Blow softly here . Green sod above , Lie light , lie light . Good night , dear heart , Good night ... Summer Come we to the summer , to the summer 216 June 6.
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... summers past ; And hear the beatings of the drum Again come throbbing on the blast . There neighs a horse in yonder plot , As once there neighed our petted mare , And summer seems , but ah ! is not The summer when our life was fair ...
... summers past ; And hear the beatings of the drum Again come throbbing on the blast . There neighs a horse in yonder plot , As once there neighed our petted mare , And summer seems , but ah ! is not The summer when our life was fair ...
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... Summer Wet August , A 334 Summer Dawn What is Love ? 487 Summer is y - comen in When I Consider how my Light from Summer's Last Will and is Spent 7 Testament When I have Fears 110 Sun Rising , The When I have Fears 72 When I Heard the ...
... Summer Wet August , A 334 Summer Dawn What is Love ? 487 Summer is y - comen in When I Consider how my Light from Summer's Last Will and is Spent 7 Testament When I have Fears 110 Sun Rising , The When I have Fears 72 When I Heard the ...
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