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Poets and Poetry
‘Recessional’
A heartfelt plea for humility at the height of Britain’s Empire.
by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936
The Nightingale and the Glow Worm
A kind of Aesop’s Fable in verse, about mutual respect among those with different talents.
by William Cowper 1731-1800
Lives of the Saints
Redeemed for Five Shillings
Elfric, the tenth-century English abbot, suggests a practical way of thinking about the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
by Elfric of Eynsham 955-1010
Liberty and Prosperity
The Great Baby
Charles Dickens rails at the way Parliament and do-gooders treat the public like an irresponsible child.
by Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Extracts from Literature
Well Out Of It
Anne Elliot is mortified to hear Frederick Wentworth’s opinion of her, but manages to find comfort in his words.
by Jane Austen 1775-1817
Frederick Douglass
A Selfish Liberty
American anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass contrasts two kinds of ‘nationalist’.
by Frederick Douglass 1818-1895
