A New Book of Verse
Sampler:
Some poems from A New Book of Verse
A New Book contains over a thousand poems, all but a handful of them in more or less formal verse. Here is a foretaste of some of the kinds of pleasures to be had while browsing among them.
Anonymous (17th c)
The Maid Would Give Ten Shillings for a Kiss
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918)
The Synagogue / La Synagogue
Mary Barber (c. 1690–1757)
To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
The Three Musicians
John Clare (1793–1864)
Decay: a Ballad
Charles Dibdin (1745–1814)
The Lady’s Diary
Thomas d’Urfey (1653–1723)
The Green-Gowne
Robert Francis (1901–1987)
Fall
John Gray (1866–1934)
Mishka
R.S. Gwynn (1948–
Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins
Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Anticipation / Attente
Maxine Kumin (1925)
Morning Swim
Joan LaBombard (1920–
The Return
Ewan MacColl (1925–1089)
Hard Case
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)
The 5:32
Thomas McGrath (1916–1990)
Jig Tune: Not for Love
Louise Michel (1830–1905)
The Crows / Les Corbeaux
Winthrop Praed (1802–1839)
The Last Quadrille
Raymond Queneau (1903–1976)
I’m not so scared of that / Je crains pas ça tellement
A.E. Stallings (1968–
Bad News Blues
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
Lady Acheson Weary of the Dean
February 2011