Lang’s light verse turns on old forms like the ballade, which he uses for a dedication to a Somerset manor where Roman urns still turn up in the garden. He dreams of the Fortunate Islands, imagines a new millennium and a vision in the Strand, salutes his old universities, and describes a book-man’s paradise where Shakespeare quartos and Caxtons grow like flowers.
Graceful, witty verse for lovers of old books and Victorian light poetry. Download the free EPUB.