Ana Sampson
Autore di I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: ...And Other Poems You Half-Remember from School
Opere di Ana Sampson
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A gem of a book. I read it twice through. It contains lots of poems I vaguely knew. The editor announces each poet with a bit of background and sometimes an explanatory not with the poems. I discovered some new poets I like namely Wendy Cope, Seamus Heaney and Jenny Joseph.
I won't be memorizing these poems, but this is a fine collection--much easier to read in bed than Norton's Complete Poems!
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- Opere
- 11
- Utenti
- 272
- Popolarità
- #85,118
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 21
Song by Lady Dorothea du Bois.
A Scholar first my Love implor’d,
And then an empty, titled Lord;
The Pedant talk’d in lofty Strains;
Alas! his Lordship wanted Brains:
I list’ned not, to one or t’other,
But straight referr’d them to my Mother.
A Poet next my Love assail’d,
A Lawyer hop’d to have prevail’d;
The Bard too much approv’d himself,
The Lawyer thirsted after Pelf:
I list’ned not, to one or t’other,
But still referr’d them to my Mother.
An Officer my Heart wou’d storm,
A Miser, sought me too, in Form;
But Mars was over-free and bold,
The miser’s Heart was in his Gold:
I list’ned not, to one or t’other,
Referring still unto my Mother.
And after them, some twenty more,
Successless were, as those before;
When Damon, lovely Damon came!
Our Hearts strait felt a mutual Flame;
I vow’d I’d have him, and no other,
Without referring, to my Mother.
Ths was one of my favourites, by a poet I hadn't heard of before. Lady Dorothea du Bois was born into the aristocracy, but her father, the Earl of Anglesey, repudiated her mother, declared all their children illegitimate and kicked them all out of his house.… (altro)