The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems - Softcover

The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems received terrific reviews when it was first published in 1996. Featuring a wealth of well-known and well-loved poems, it has established itself as a key collection of 'serious' poetry for children. Now re-issued with a beautiful new cover, it is the perfect gift for a new generation of readers. · Selected and arranged with great care, to demonstrate the full range and breadth of classic poems that every child should know · Features poems from W.B. Yeats and John Milton, to Charles Causley, Christina Rossetti and Alfred Lord Tennyson · Includes many much-loved favourites, like The Owl and the Pussycat, Ozymandias, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and The Listeners · Illustrated with great delicacy and charm

Michael Harrison lives in Oxford, and Christopher Stuart-Clark lives in Windsor.