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Three Poems of Po Chu-i

By Po Chu-i

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

Jenny Kissed Me

By Leigh Hunt

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

Cat and Cook

By Ivan Andreyevich Krylov Translated by John Henry Harrison

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

Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt

By William Shakespeare

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

Our England is a Garden

By Rudyard Kipling

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

A Hymn to God the Father

By John Donne

During a severe sickness, John Donne, Dean of St Paul’s, asked of God three boons.

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