Most of these lyrics come from Meynell’s youthful book Preludes, revised and joined by a few poems of her maturity. Sonnets of love and separation, songs of the seasons, meditations and laments for the dead show the restrained, intensely felt style that made her one of the admired Catholic poets of late Victorian England.
Quiet, exact verse for readers who love Christina Rossetti or Gerard Manley Hopkins. Download the free EPUB.