Alice Meynell, The Poetry Of: "Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act."

By Alice Meynell

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we look at the works of the poet Alice Meynell. She was born Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson on September 22nd 1847. Her early years were in England, Switzerland, and France as the family moved around finally settling in Italy where she was thereafter raised mainly in Italy. Her great interest in religion caused here to convert to the Catholic faith. Much of that interest is seen in her first published volume in 1875, Preludes. In 1876 she married Wilfred Meynell and they set up and published a number of magazines as well as giving birth to 8 children. She continued to write and as the century drew to a close she became increasingly interested in the plight of the oppressed as the Empire went through its regular bouts of turbulence. As the new century dawned and in the last part of her life she became a leader of the Women’s Suffrage movement. A sufferer from migraines and depression she died in 1922 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. Many samples are at our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Copyright Group
• Release date: Sep 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781780005553

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The Poetry Of Alice Meynell

Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage.  In this volume we look at the works of the poet Alice Meynell.

She was born Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson on September 22nd 1847.  Her early years were in England, Switzerland, and France as the family moved around finally settling in Italy where she was thereafter raised mainly in Italy. Her great interest in religion caused here to convert to the Catholic faith.  Much of that interest is seen in her first published volume in 1875, Preludes.  In 1876 she married Wilfred Meynell and they set up and published a number of magazines as well as giving birth to 8 children.   She continued to write and as the century drew to a close she became increasingly interested in the plight of the oppressed as the Empire went through its regular bouts of turbulence.  As the new century dawned and in the last part of her life she became a leader of the Women’s Suffrage movement.  A sufferer from migraines and depression she died in 1922 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery  in London.

Many samples are at our youtube channel   http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee    The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores.  Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

Index Of Poems

In Autumn

Maternity

Summer In England, 1914

My Heart Shall Be Thy Garden

Thoughts In Separation

To A Poet

Song Of The Spring To The Summer

To The Beloved

The Shepherdess

Meditation

An Unmarked Festival

The Lady Of The Lambs

To The Beloved Dead – A Lament

Your Own Fair Youth

In Autumn

A Letter From A Girl To Her Own Age

The Visiting Sea

Builders Of Ruins

At Night

A Shattered Lute

Song Of The Day To The Night

'Soeur Monique' - A Rondeau By Couperin

In Early Spring

Parted

Regrets

Song

In February

San Lorenzo Giustinani’s Mother

The Love Of Narcissus

To A Lost Melody

The Poet To Nature

The Poet To His Childhood

A Poet Of One Mood

An Unmarked Festival

The Neophyte

Spring On The Alban Hills

Song Of The Night At Daybreak

To A Daisy

To One Poem In A Silent Time

Future Poetry

The Moon To The Sun

A Poet’s Sonnet

The Modern Poet – A Song Of Derivations

After A Parting

Renouncement

Veni Creator

A Thrush Before Dawn

The Lover Urges The Better Thrift

Cradle Song At Twilight

Song Of The Night At Daybreak

A Letter From A Girl To Her Own Age

The Day