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The Poets' Highway Book III, by Elizabeth D'Oyley
€6.00
Quay Books
The Poets' Highway Book III is a selection of popular poetry aimed at 12 – 15 year olds.
Spanning the years from the 9th to the 20th Century, the poems are arranged by subject matter, rather than chronologically.
The book starts with a Fairy Madrigal by an unknown author, under the heading ‘Into Elfland’. The section ‘With Bird and Beast’ contains a translation of Pangur Bán, the 9th Century verse written by an Irish monk about his pet cat – “I and my white Pangur, Have each his special art …”.
Other topics include: ‘Into Battle’, ‘Tell Me a Story’ and ‘Into Dreamland’, The Lake Isle of Inisfree by W B Yeats is included in ‘Into the Open’.
Published by Edward Arnold in 1944.
Good condition. No Dustjacket. Binding intact.
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