Selected Poems of Henry Newbolt

by Henry Newbolt (Editor)

This selection includes the Songs of the Fleet, Drake's Drum, He Fell among Thieves and nearly all the rest of the stirring patriotic verse for which Sir Henry Newbolt's name is remembered, together with some of his less well-known work, after French and Latin originals."Newbolt's poetry is easy to understand, rhythmical and full of memorable lines...a fastidious, sensitive writer who could put his whole soul into a poem without being in the least self-conscious" - From the Introduction by John Betjeman.

157 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet. He is best remembered for Vitaï Lampada, a lyrical piece used for propaganda purposes during the First World War.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The blood and thunder poems predominate. but spiritual and romantic pieces punctuate them well. Newbolt's sure technical hand, incorporating an unfailing sense of rhythm, is to be admired.

I liked this one:

To E.C.

Rivers when beheld afar
Often blue and golden are;
Nearer seen the shining flood
Turns to sluggish tides of mud.

Dearest, when to you I seem
Such a dull unlovely stream,
Read, and think that even I
Can at times reflect the sky.