'Paths of glory', 'Theirs not to reason why', 'When you are old and grey and full of sleep', 'A handful of dust', 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day'.
These and many others are famous lines of poetry that often occur in everyday speech. But do you know the rest of the verse, or even the rest of the poem?
An anthology to warm the coldest heart or charm the least romantic soul, this is a collection of poems (or in some cases, extracts) that are not only memorable, but lend themselves to being learned by heart.
This is the perfect book for anyone with even the vaguest interest in poetry, providing a wonderful opportunity to revisit those much-loved lines remembered from earlier days.
A collection of some of the finest and most memorable verse, ideal for learning by heart. Features poems that contain some of the best-known lines that often crop up in everyday speech, from the likes of Eliot, Shakespeare, Kipling, Yeats, Larkin and many others. From the author of "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" and "Tyger, Tyger", which have sold more than 100,000 copies.
