Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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‘I Remember’

A poem of nostalgia tinged with regret.

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The Music of Silence

In Coleridge’s epic poem, the Ancient Mariner, amid the horrors of a ship of dead men, sees a sight both beautiful and surreal.

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November

Humorist Thomas Hood obviously didn’t like to see the nights drawing in

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Ozymandias

The glory of political power soon passes away.

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Unsung Heroes

The poet reflects on the obscure lives that most of us lead.