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London : A Collection of Poetry of Place

Editor: Barnaby Rogerson
London : A Collection of Poetry of Place
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ISBN-13: 9781903651032
ISBN: 1903651034
Format: Paperback
Date Published: April 2004
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This is the first book in a new series of pocket-sized poetry books for travelers and poetry lovers who seek inspiration while on a bus, subway train, or taxi, or while waiting for a museum to open. Here is the poetry of London, from the up-beat rap-poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah to Wordsworth's dawn sigh. From the catchpenny verses of Oranges and Lemons and London Bridge is Falling Down, to the ecstatic visions of Keats, Milton, and Blake. From the first lines of Anglo-Saxon verse to lines retrieved from a bar last year. It's a collection full of irony, delight, and personal grief. Some other poets included are Shakespeare. T.S. Eliot, Alan Jenkins, John Betjeman, Bacon, Wilde, and Blake.

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Table of Contents:


Introductionp. 9
The Ruinp. 13
London Bridgep. 15
from Chroniclep. 16
from The Canterbury Talesp. 17
Ring-a ring o'rosesp. 18
When Adam delvedp. 19
London lickpenny
from To the city of Londonp. 21
Mother Shipton's prophecyp. 23
The magnificat from the Bible translated by William Tyndalep. 24
from Prothalamionp. 27
Oranges and lemonsp. 28
Linesp. 29
To his sonp. 30
Elegy for himselfp. 31
Queen Elizabeth's speech at Tilburyp. 32
from Richard IIIp. 33
from King Learp. 33
All the World's a Stagep. 34
from The tragedy of Dr. Faustusp. 36
from Epithalamion made at Lincolnes Innep. 37
Lifep. 38
from The poly-olbionp. 40
Verses on London Bridgep. 40
In Westminster Abbeyp. 41
from The Thamesp. 42
from Drunken Barnabyp. 42
To Althea from prisonp. 44
His tears to Thamasisp. 45
from Ode on leaving the great townp. 46
When the assault was intended to the cityp. 47
Miller of Wandsworthp. 48
from one of James Shirley's dramasp. 49
from Upon the death of his late Highness the Lord Protectorp. 50
from An Horatian ode upon Cromwell's return from Irelandp. 51
A poem on St. James's Park as lately improved by His Majestyp. 52
An anonymous ditty on the London spa at Clerkenwellp. 53
Lusts of all sortsp. 54
Vauxhall Gardensp. 54
The bailiff's daughter of Islingtonp. 56
from Annus Mirabilis : the year of wondersp. 58
from Clever Tom Clinch going to be hangedp. 60
from On poetry : a rhapsodyp. 61
Two couplets composed by Alexander Pope; one for the collar of a dog belonging to Frederick, Prince of Wales, the other addressed to his own kindp. 62
Versep. 62
from Epistle to the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esqp. 63
from About in Londonp. 63
from The distressed poetp. 64
High Street Kensingtonp. 65
from Londonp. 66
from London suburbsp. 68
Londonp. 70
from Libertyp. 71
Linesp. 72
Epitaph for a goldfinchp. 73
London from Westminster Bridgep. 74
London, MDCCCIIp. 75
from On first looking into Chapman's Homerp. 76
Lines on the mermaid tavernp. 77
Ode to a nightingalep. 77
All on that magic list dependsp. 81
Piccadillyp. 82
Lines written in Kensington Gardensp. 84
from Mr. Molony's account of the crystal palacep. 85
Fogp. 87
The watermanp. 88
The embankmentp. 88
A ballad of Londonp. 89
Impression de Nuitp. 91
Symphony in yellowp. 92
City nightsp. 93
from London nightsp. 94
In St. James's Park, a prose poemp. 95
Londonp. 95
Vesperalp. 96
from Vagabondsp. 97
from Villesp. 98
from Metropolitanp. 98
Londonp. 99
By the statue of King Charles at Charing Crossp. 100
To Merry Londonp. 102
A London fetep. 103
Sir Christopher Wrenp. 105
Pall Mallp. 105
from The song of the ill-loved, to Paul Leautaudp. 106
Envoip. 107
At Lord'sp. 108
from Embankment at nightp. 108
Ballad of the Londonerp. 109
The balland of Camden Townp. 110
The garrettp. 112
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

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ISBN: 1903651034
ISBN-13: 9781903651032
Number Of Pages: 144
Publisher: ELAN PR
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Dimensions (cm): 14.986 x 10.16  x 0.838
Weight (kg): 0.095
Audience: General

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