Lifelines: Letters from Famous People about Their Favourite PoemNiall MacMonagle Between 1985 and 1992, fifth formers at Wesley College, Dublin, wrote to a variety of famous people, asking them to name their favourite poem and give the reasons why it meant so much to them. In 1992, a collection of these letters and poems was published by TownHouse. The anthology was a huge success and has been reprinted many times since. In their letters to the teenagers, 223 famous people give honest, immediate, humorous, profound and revealing insights into themselves as they describe the reasons for their choice. Contributors include Garret FitzGerald, Maeve Binchy, Richard Branson, Mother Teresa, Jeffrey Archer, Jeremy Irons, Conor Cruise O'Brien and Cyril Cusack, making this a truly remarkable and unique anthology. |
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Page 168
... grow . Society is all but rude , To this delicious solitude . III No white nor red was ever seen So am'rous as this lovely green . Fond lovers , cruel as their flame , Cut in these trees their mistress ' name . Little , alas , they know ...
... grow . Society is all but rude , To this delicious solitude . III No white nor red was ever seen So am'rous as this lovely green . Fond lovers , cruel as their flame , Cut in these trees their mistress ' name . Little , alas , they know ...
Page 207
... grow longer , emptier , A darkness gathers though it does not fall And the whiteness grows less vivid on the wall . The man who is walking turns blankly on the sand . He observes how the north is always enlarging the change , With its ...
... grow longer , emptier , A darkness gathers though it does not fall And the whiteness grows less vivid on the wall . The man who is walking turns blankly on the sand . He observes how the north is always enlarging the change , With its ...
Page 279
... grow strong ' Elbow room ! Elbow room ! ' - The rest , dim in a twilight of crumbling Utensils and broken flower ... Grown beyond nature now , soft food for worms , They lift frail heads in gravity and good faith . They are begging us ...
... grow strong ' Elbow room ! Elbow room ! ' - The rest , dim in a twilight of crumbling Utensils and broken flower ... Grown beyond nature now , soft food for worms , They lift frail heads in gravity and good faith . They are begging us ...
Contents
Garrett FitzGerald | 50 |
Julie OCallaghan | 56 |
Eileen Dunne | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Lifelines 2: Letters from Famous People about Their Favourite Poem Niall MacMonagle No preview available - 1994 |
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