Shylock reasons with Mr. Chesterton, and other poems
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Humbert Wolfe (1885-1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant. Born in Milan, he came from a Jewish background, his father being of German descent and his mother Italian. He was brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire and was a pupil at Bradford Grammar School before attending Wadham College at Oxford University. As well as being one of the most popular authors of the 1920s he was also a translator of Heinrich Heine, Edmond Fleg and Eugene Heltai, and although a Christian convert he remained very aware of his Jewish heritage. His career in the Civil Service began ...
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- SHYLOCK REASONS WITH MR. CHESTERTON AND OTHER POEMS
- DEDICATION.
- CONTENTS.
- PERSONALITIES.
- SHYLOCK REASONS WITH MR. CHESTERTON.
- THE UNKNOWN GOD.
- I. Pheidias.
- II. Paul.
- CASSIO HEARS OTHELLO.
- THE FIRST AIRMAN.
- MARY. (Sister of Martha.)
- THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION.
- CAESAR AND ANTHONY.
- THE DANCERS.
- BATTERSEA.
- THE WOODCUTTERS OF HÜTTELDORF.
- HEINE’S LAST SONG.
- IMPERSONALITIES.
- THE SATYR.
- BALDER’S SONG.
- MARY THE MOTHER. (Cradle Song.)
- APPLES.
- THE SKIES.
- THREE EPITAPHS.
- I. FLECKER.
- II. EDITH CAVELL.
- III. THE LITTLE SLEEPER.
- TO HIM WHOM THE CAP FITS.
- I.
- II.
- FRANCE.
- ALCHEMY.
- ORPHEUS.
- THE WIND.
- GABRIEL.
- OPALS AND AMBER.
- AFTER BATTLE.
- MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN.
- DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME. (Version.)
- CAMBRIDGE.
- A ROOM IN BOHEMIA.
- VICTORY.
- CLEOPATRA.
- MEDUSA.
- THE JUNGLE.
- THE PENCIL.
- COLUMBINE.
- THE CROWDER’S TUNE.
- ENVOI.
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