A small illustrated gift book of verse in praise of the retired country life. Austin Dobson supplies a prologue and epilogue around Marvell’s The Garden, Cowley’s The Wish, Pope’s Ode to Solitude, two pieces by Winthrop Mackworth Praed and Thomas Randolph’s invitation to Master Anthony Stafford.
A charming pocket anthology, originally illustrated by Edwin Austin Abbey and Alfred Parsons. Download the free EPUB.