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1000 Beautiful Things
Hardcover, 0 pages
Published
June 28th 1955
by Dutton Adult
(first published 1948)
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Nationalistic claptrap, in the most hackneyed rhyming couplets imaginable. I'm certain the editor actually couldn't tell quality writing from the other sort.
I imagine this sort of thing is why all the kids in my elementary school learned to hate the concept of poetry.
Such a lovely concept behind this collection, but the execution is such fail.
Damn it, people. Do I need to do everything myself?
I imagine this sort of thing is why all the kids in my elementary school learned to hate the concept of poetry.
Such a lovely concept behind this collection, but the execution is such fail.
Damn it, people. Do I need to do everything myself?
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This book is very true to it's title. Filled with poetry and prose, letters and essays, quotes and observations, it is diverse and enjoyable every time you pick it up. I read out of it again and again. Whenever I am in the mood for some poetry this is the book I grab to read. There are works by Longfellow, Keats, Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Tennyson, Mildred Bowers Armstrong, and G. K. Chesterton, just to name a very few. It contains some rather lengthy works as well as one-line quotes, and ev...more
I have very fond memories of reading this book with my mother when I was a child. I found the book in the house after her death - I'm interested to see what adult me makes of it!
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