Rudyard Kipling, author of If.

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Poets and Poetry

Passages from English verse, from Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf to Shakespeare’s sonnets, Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade, Kipling’s If and many more.

There are sixty posts in The Copy Book tagged Poets and Poetry. To see all our posts, go to the Archive.

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1

Invictus

A memorable poem about triumph over adversity.

2

Three Poems of Po Chu-i

One of China’s greatest poets reflects on silence, on speech, and on a song in the heart of a friend.

3

Jenny Kissed Me

Leigh Hunt looks back to a memorable event in a long life.

4

Cat and Cook

A little fable about a cat, a chicken and some wasted words.

5

Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt

If he is going to drop him, the embattled poet would prefer his friend to get on with it.

6

Our England is a Garden

There is plenty of work in the garden of England for everyone, whether they have a green thumb or not.