The Oxford Treasury of Time Poems

by Michael Harrison (Editor), Christopher Stuart - Clark (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $4.18

  This is a collection for the millennium on the theme of time. The book takes a wide-ranging look at time, including the beginning of the world; the present and the future; being born; having birthdays; and growing old. There are humorous poems and sad poems, old and new poems, familiar and less well-known ones, all included to reflect and illuminate time. The poets include Ted Hughes, Michael Rosen, and Seamus Heaney; Tennyson, Auden, and Shakespeare.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.22

  This is a collection for the millenium on the theme of time. The book takes a wide-ranging look at Time, including the beginning of the world, the present, and the future; being born, having birthdays, and growing old. There are humorous poems and sad poems, old and new poems, familiar and less well-known ones, all included to reflect and illuminate Time. The poets include Ted Hughes, Michael Rosen, and Seamus Heaney; Tennyson, Auden, and Shakespeare. The poems are illustrated in colour and black and white by a number of artists, who all bring their own contributions to the theme. The authors have been editing anthologies for twenty years. Their titles include The New Dragon Book of Verse , The Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems and The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems . 'A wonderful anthology ...this is a book to savour.' - The Sunday Telegraph .