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 41
... hand in hand , For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand . Where the wandering water gushes From the hills above Glen - Car , In pools among the rushes That scarce could bathe a star , We seek for slumbering trout And ...
... hand in hand , For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand . Where the wandering water gushes From the hills above Glen - Car , In pools among the rushes That scarce could bathe a star , We seek for slumbering trout And ...
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... HAND 53 RTE 19 January 1988 Dear Julie , Jonathan and Duncan , Thanks for your letter . I hope your planned book ... ( Hand ) The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE POEM 77 ...
... HAND 53 RTE 19 January 1988 Dear Julie , Jonathan and Duncan , Thanks for your letter . I hope your planned book ... ( Hand ) The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE POEM 77 ...
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... hand gauntlet , still Clasped empty in the other ; and One sees , with a sharp tender shock , His hand withdrawn , holding her hand . They would not think to lie so long . Such faithfulness in effigy Was just a detail friends would see ...
... hand gauntlet , still Clasped empty in the other ; and One sees , with a sharp tender shock , His hand withdrawn , holding her hand . They would not think to lie so long . Such faithfulness in effigy Was just a detail friends would see ...
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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