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English
Everyman Hardcovers
15 October 2001
Just a few of the poets included- Emily Dickinson, Swinburne, DH Lawrence, John Masefield, John Milton, Shakespeare, William Carlos Williams, Lord Byron, Shelley, Keats, Baudelaire, Longfellow, Plath, Donne, Goethe, Coleridge, Noel Coward and WS Gilbert....

Throughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and mermaids, phantom ships and the sunken city of Atlantis-have inspired as many imaginations as have the realities of lighthouses and shipwrecks, of icebergs and frothing foam and seaweed. This marvelous collection includes classics old and new, from Homer and Milton to Plath and Merwin. Here are Tennyson's seductive sea-fairies next to Poe's beloved Annabel Lee. Here is Coleridge's darkly brooding ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" alongside the grandeur of Shakespeare's ""Full Fathom Five."" And here is Masefield's ""I must go down to the seas again"" alongside Cavafy's ""Ithaka"" and Stevens's ""The Idea of Order at Key West."" In the wide variety of lyrics collected here-sonnets and sea chanteys, ballads and hymns and prayers-we feel the encompassing power of our planet's restless
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Imprint:   Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 165mm,  Width: 113mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   230g
ISBN:   9781841597461
ISBN 10:   1841597465
Series:   Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
Pages:   251
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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