My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti e-bog

"e;My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti"e; contains a fantastic collection of beautiful nature poetry by English poet Christina Georgina Rossetti, with each poem linked by the common theme of birds. A wonderful little poetry pocket book brimming with 15 delightful avian poems coupled with colour illustrations by John James Audubon that would make for a fantastic gift for birdwatchers, twitchers and literature lovers alike. Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was an English writer famous for her devotional, romantic, and children's poems. Her most well known poems include "e;Goblin Market"e; and "e;Remember"e;, and she also wrote the lyrics to two famous British Christmas carols: "e;In the Bleak Midwinter"e; and "e;Love Came Down at Christmas"e;. Other notable works by this author include: "e;Commonplace and Other Stories"e; (1870), "e;Speaking Likenesses"e; (1874), and "e;Called to Be Saints"e; (1881). Contents include: "e;Birds and Poets, an Excerpt by John Burroughs"e;, "e;A Birthday"e;, "e;The First Spring Day"e;, "e;A Birds-eye View"e;, "e;On the Wing"e;, "e;A Bird Song"e;, "e;Bird Raptures"e;, "e;Bird or Beast?"e;, "e;A Green Cornfield"e;, "e;Gone Forever"e;, "e;Symbols"e;, "e;April - An excerpt from The Months: A Pageant"e;, "e;Freaks of Fashion"e;, "e;An Old World Thicket"e;, "e;A Wintry Sonnet"e;, and "e;The Peacock has a Score of Eyes"e;. Ragged Hand is proud to be publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now complete with illustrations by James John Audubon and an excerpt by John Burroughs.