Evocative collection of poems on various themes such as youth, love, early death, the beauty of nature, looking back on one's life, and the passage of time. Some are joyful and even comic, but most have a melancholy atmosphere. The rhythm and rhyme of the words are so natural, nothing forced.
I found it a very enjoyable read. The haunting quote from poem #35, On the idle hill of summer at the beginning of Winston Churchill's account of World War I, introduced me to this book.
I found it a very enjoyable read. The haunting quote from poem #35, On the idle hill of summer at the beginning of Winston Churchill's account of World War I, introduced me to this book.
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