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Once again, such familiar classics as Andrew Marvells To His Coy Mistress, John Keatss To Autumn, T.S. Eliots Journey of the Magi and Robert Frosts Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening take turns with an eclectic selection of lighter or less famous verses - Joyce Grenfell on the ages of woman, John Betjeman demolishing bad taste, Jon Silkin on the death of his son, and Ruth Pitter laughing at a potato. Ballads, laments, odes, satires, songs or prayers: these are poems for every mood and taste, illustrated with specially commissioned watercolours by a talented young artist.

Once again, such familiar classics as Andrew Marvells To His Coy Mistress, John Keatss To Autumn, T.S. Eliots Journey of the Magi and Robert Frosts Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening take turns with an eclectic selection of lighter or less famous verses - Joyce Grenfell on the ages of woman, John Betjeman demolishing bad taste, Jon Silkin on the death of his son, and Ruth Pitter laughing at a potato. Ballads, laments, odes, satires, songs or prayers: these are poems for every mood and taste, illustrated with specially commissioned watercolours by a talented young artist.