Animal Poetry

By W B Yeats, William Makepeace Thackeray and D H Lawrence

Animal Poems. We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words with us. Many of these titles are on our audiobook version which can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Copyright Group
• Release date: Sep 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781780005485

W B Yeats

William Butler Yeats was born in 1865 in County Dublin. With his much-loved early poems such as 'The Stolen Child', and 'He Remembers Forgotten Beauty', he defined the Celtic Twilight mood of the late-Victorian period and led the Irish Literary Renaissance. Yet his style evolved constantly, and he is acknowledged as a major figure in literary modernism and twentieth-century European letters. T. S. Eliot described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. W. B. Yeats died in 1939.

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The Poetry Of Animals

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 a particular subject or theme through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique poetic guide.  

Animal Poems.  We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo.   But many of us have felt friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world.  We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us.  Perhaps they do.  

In this volume Thomas Hardy, William Blake, William Makepeace Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, DH Lawrence, Winona Rowe, Emily Dickinson and many others share their words about our furry and feathered friends. 

Many of the poems are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Portable Poetry.  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

The Tiger by William Blake

The Little Lamb by William Blake

To Mrs Reynolds Cat by John Keats

Not To Hurt by St Francis of Assisi

Leda And The Swan by William Butler Yeats

To A Fish by Leigh Hunt

Hamster !!!  by Winona Rowe  (aged almost 12)

My Daughter Has A Hamster by Daniel Sheehan

The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Pelican Chorus by Edward Lear

Frog & Toad by Christina Georgina Rossetti

The City Mouse And The Country Mouse by Christina Georgina Rossetti

The Rabbit by W H Davies

At The Zoo by William Makepeace Thackeray

A Lobster Quadrille by Lewis Carroll

Cock Crow by Edward Thomas

Bee, I’m Expecting You by Emily Dickinson

The Owl & The Pussy Cat by Edward Lear

The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Little Trotty Wagtail by John Clare

The Kitten & The Falling Leaves by William Wordsworth

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