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Poems New and Old
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This book is a collection of poems authored by John Freeman, an English poet and essayist, who gave up a successful career in insurance to write full-time. Some of the poems published here include those who won him the Hawthorned Prize in 1920. Featured titles include 'Dark Chestnut', 'I have Never Loved You Yet', 'Memorial', and 'November Skies'.
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