Come Out Into the Sun - Poems New and Selected - Robert Francis

Sep 29, 2026

Come Out Into the Sun is Robert Francis’s sixth poetry collection, gathering new poems alongside selections from his earlier works. It opens with forty-one poems, including pieces with political content that reflect increased power and asperity. The volume then presents selections from The Orb Weaver and poems drawn from early, out-of-print titles such as The Sound I Listened For, Valhalla and Other Poems, and Stand With Me Here. Editorial praise highlights his disciplined form and genuine subject matter.

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Pages162

Reading Time4 h 9 min

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Come Out Into the Sun

Poem selections and earlier works

ROBERT FRANCISSTACK37599000331767ComeOutIntothe SunPoems New &Selected # Come Out Into the SunPoems New &SelectedROBERT FRANCIS This is Robert Francis'sixth book of poetry.Readers who know his work will welcome thisvolume of new poems and selections from hisearly books.To those for whom this volumeis an introduction to Francis,it offers selections from twenty-nine years of creativework—poetry which,says Marianne Moore,“givespoint to publishing,in a day of too manybooks." The forty-one poems which begin this volumeinclude some with political content,and showa new power and asperity.They are followedby selections from The Orb Weaver(Wesleyan,1960)and poems from Mr.Francis'early,out-of-print and hard-to-find books:The Sound IListened For(1944),Valhalla and Other Poems(1938),and Stand With Me Here(1936). "The quiet excitement with which one readsCome Out Into the Sun generates the convictionthat Francis is considerably more than a 'poetminor',as he modestly calls himself....[He]has never mistaken manner for matter;he has never lacked real subject.Althoughhe can be metaphysical,he knows and practicesthe distinction between metaphor and philosophywith a grace that ought to be the envy ofanyone who professes to be interested in poetry.The poem itself becomes the center of attention;its deliberateness apparently natural andunself-conscious but given truly articulateform.The effect is of structure freeing rawmaterial from formless context,so that itsown shape may be seen”—Samuel French Morsein Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature C PS351lFRANCIS,R.R237COME OUT INTO THEC6SUNPS00351lFRANCIS,R.R237COME OUT INTO THEC6SUN # COME OUTINTO THE SUN # COME OUT INTO THE SUNPoems New and Selected ROBERT FRANCIS Copyright o I936,I938,I943,I944,I946,I947,I949,I950,I953,I954,I955,I956,I959,I960,I96I,I962,I964,I96s,by Robert Francis WORKS OF ROBERT FRANCIS Stand With Me HereValhalla and Other PoensThe Sound I Listened ForWe Fly Away The Face Against the GlassThe Orb WeaverCome Out Into the SunThe Satirical Rogue on Poetry Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 6s-26243 Manufactured in the United States of America Second Printing,I968 For Joseph Langlandprime mover andfirst friend of this book

FAQs

What kind of collection is Come Out Into the Sun?

It is a new and selected poetry volume that combines newly written poems with selections from Robert Francis’s earlier books.

How is the book structured?

The collection begins with forty-one poems, then follows with selections from The Orb Weaver and additional poems taken from Francis’s earlier out-of-print works.

Which earlier titles are referenced in the selections?

The text names The Sound I Listened For (1944), Valhalla and Other Poems (1938), and Stand With Me Here (1936) among the sourced poems.

Sep 29, 2026

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