Subjects

Extracts from Poetry

in The Copy Book

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Eddi’s Service

Rudyard Kipling’s poem about St Wilfrid’s chaplain and an unusual Christmas congregation.

44

Viola Draws a Blank

Viola tries to tell Orsino, Duke of Illyria, that his beloved Olivia is not the only woman deserving of his attention.

45

‘The Overland Mail’

A tribute to the postal workers of British India, and to the kind of empire they helped to build.

46

Pangur Bán

A 9th century Irish monk scribbled some verses about a beloved cat into his copy book.

47

‘Recessional’

A heartfelt plea for humility at the height of Britain’s Empire.

48

The Nightingale and the Glow Worm

A kind of Aesop’s Fable in verse, about mutual respect among those with different talents.