Front Cover of The Book of Birds by William Wordsworth ISBN:9781528716352
Front Cover of The Book of Birds by William Wordsworth ISBN:9781528716352
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The Book of Birds

Wordsworth's Poetry on Birds

This beautiful pocket-sized volume is a compilation of William Wordsworth’s poetry on birds. The collection includes lyrical, melancholic poems alongside whimsical pieces that will make readers’ heart’s soar.

Price range: £4.99 through £9.99

Price range: £4.99 through £9.99

Additional information

Author

William Wordsworth

Imprint

Ragged Hand - Read & Co.

Categories

Birds & Birdwatching

English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry

Nature & Natural World

Nature Poetry

Poetry

Poetry & Drama

ISBN

9781528716352, 9781528789394

Formats Available

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Pages

52, 51

Publication Date

06 February 2020, 20 February 2020

Weight 40.824 kg
Dimensions 4 × 6 in

Book Description

This beautiful pocket-sized volume is a compilation of William Wordsworth’s poetry on birds. The collection includes lyrical, melancholic poems alongside whimsical pieces that will make readers’ heart’s soar.

With themes of freedom, hope and love in The Book of Birds Wordsworth uses darker imagery to express his innermost thoughts and views of the world through the beautiful imagery of birds. This carefully curated book collates some of the poet’s most inspiring work as well as a few of his seminal pieces.

This collection includes fantastic poems such as:

    – The Green Linnet
    – To a Sky-lark, 1807
    – To the Cuckoo
    – The Sparrow’s Nest
    – A Wren’s Nest
    – Animal Tranquillity and Decay
    – The Contrast – The Parrot and the Wren

Proudly republished by Read & Co. Books Ragged Hand, Wordsworth’s Poetry on Birds is now in a new compact, pocket-sized edition. This collection is completed by an introductory excerpt from Reminiscences, 1881, by Thomas Carlyle, and would make the perfect gift for lovers of birds and collectors of Wordsworth’s poetry.

Editorial Reviews

“Wordsworth’s connection to nature is unique. Before his time, flower, stream, and mountain were considered powerless to infuse the contemplative mind with a knowledge of themselves. Wordsworth came to regard all nature as vividly representing the soul that pervades all consciousness.” – Midland Counties Tribune, 1907

“Wordsworth… the sober, moral, meditative, nature-loving, dignified poet of the mountains.” – Leamington Spa Courier, 1911

Chapter Highlights

    William Wordsworth
    2. The Green Linnet
    3. To A Sky-Lark, 1807
    4. To A Sky-Lark, 1827
    5. To the Cuckoo
    6. The Sparrow’s Nest
    7. A Wren’s Nest
    8. Animal Tranquility and Decay. A Sketch
    9. Resolution and Independence
    10. The Contrast – The Parrot and the Wren
    11. Suggested by a Picture of the Bird of Paradise
    12. Poor Robin
    13. To a Redbreast – In Sickness
    14. The Redbreast
    15. The Redbreast and the Butterfly
    16. Hark! ‘Tis the Thrush, Undaunted, Undeprest
    17. The Dunolly Eagle
    18. Eagles

The Book of Birds

Wordsworth's Poetry on Birds

Price range: £4.99 through £9.99

This beautiful pocket-sized volume is a compilation of William Wordsworth’s poetry on birds. The collection includes lyrical, melancholic poems alongside whimsical pieces that will make readers’ heart’s soar.

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