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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Page 220
... roses sweep the sea Of uncut grass , whose billows rolling free Half drown the hedges which part lea from lea . But soon shall look the wondering roses down Upon an empty field cut close and brown , That lifts no more its height against ...
... roses sweep the sea Of uncut grass , whose billows rolling free Half drown the hedges which part lea from lea . But soon shall look the wondering roses down Upon an empty field cut close and brown , That lifts no more its height against ...
Page 238
... roses there may blow ; It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk , Though the red roses crest the ... rose , their bats are as maces To beat thee down , this summer long ago ! This day of seventy - eight they are come ...
... roses there may blow ; It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk , Though the red roses crest the ... rose , their bats are as maces To beat thee down , this summer long ago ! This day of seventy - eight they are come ...
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... roses of the hedge are stirred , 220 The lovely lass o ' Inverness , 141 The mellow year is hasting to its close , 461 ... rose upon the bush , 46 There's no reversal now , 8 There was a sound of revelry by night , 229 There was a young ...
... roses of the hedge are stirred , 220 The lovely lass o ' Inverness , 141 The mellow year is hasting to its close , 461 ... rose upon the bush , 46 There's no reversal now , 8 There was a sound of revelry by night , 229 There was a young ...
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