Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Contents Include -1905-1908- Second Best - Day that I have Loved - Sleeping Out-Full Moon - In Examination - Pine-Trees and the Sky: Evening Wagner - The Vision of the Archangels - Seaside - On the Death of Smet-Smet - The Song of the Pilgrims - The Song of the Beasts - Failure - Ante Aram - Dawn - The Call - The Wayfarers - The Begginer - EXPERIMENTS-Choriambics-I - CHORIAMBICS-II - Desertion - 1908-1911 - Sonnet: Oh Death will find me, etc - GRANTCHESTER-The Old Vicarage, Grantchester - OTHER POEMS - Beauty and Beauty - Song, etc - THE SOUTH SEAS - Mutability - Clouds - A Memory, etc - 1914 - The Treasure - Peace - Safety - The Dead -The Soldier
Synopsis
This volume contains the complete poetical works of Rupert Brooke. Brooke's beautifully haunting poetry will appeal to all keen poetry lovers, but will be of special value to those with an interest in war poetry, and specifically poetry relating to the First World War. This wonderful volume makes for a worthy addition to any bookshelf, and is not to be missed by collectors of Brooke's seminal work. The poems contained herein include: 'Second Best', 'Day that I have Loved', 'Sleeping Out - Full Moon', 'In Examination', 'Pine-Trees and the Sky: Evening', 'Wagne'r, 'The Vision of the Archangels', 'Seaside On the Death of Smet-Smet', 'The Song of the Pilgrims' and many more. Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887 - 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially 'The Soldier'. This volume was first published in 1914, and is being republished now complete with a new specially commissioned biography of the author.
Synopsis
Contents Include 1905-1908 Second Best Day that I have Loved Sleeping Out-Full Moon In Examination Pine-Trees and the Sky:Evening Wagner The Vision of the Archangels Seaside On the Death of Smet-Smet The Song of the Pilgrims The Song of the Beasts Failure Ante Aram Dawn The Call The Wayfarers The Begginer EXPERIMENTS-Choriambics-I CHORIAMBICS-II Desertion 1908-1911 Sonnet:Oh! Death will find me, etc GRANTCHESTER-The Old Vicarage, Grantchester OTHER POEMS Beauty and Beauty Song, etc THE SOUTH SEAS Mutability Clouds A Memory, etc 1914 The Treasure Peace Safety The Dead The Soldier