T. S. Eliot - Collected Poems 1909-1962 - Selected verse

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Collected Poems 1909-1962 brings together major works by T. S. Eliot across key periods of his career. The table of contents includes “Prufrock—1917,” the long sequence of poems from 1920, and the landmark “The Waste Land—1922” with numbered sections and notes. Later sections cover “The Hollow Men—1925,” “Ash-Wednesday—1930,” “Ariel Poems,” and “Unfinished Poems,” followed by “Minor Poems,” “Choruses from ‘The Rock’—1934,” “Four Quartets,” and “Occasional Verses.”

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Prufrock—1917

The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock

Portrait of a Lady

Poems—1920

Gerontion

Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar

Sweeney Erect

The Waste Land—1922

The Burial of the Dead

A Game of Chess

The Fire Sermon

Death by Water

What the Thunder Said

The Hollow Men—1925

Ash-Wednesday—1930

Ariel Poems

Journey of the Magi—1927

A Song for Simeon—1928

Animula—1929

Marina—1930

The Cultivation of Christmas Trees—1954

Unfinished Poems

Minor Poems

Choruses from ‘The Rock’—1934

Four Quartets

Occasional Verses

T.S.ELIOTCOLLECTEDPOEMS1909-1962 COLLE CTED POEMS 1909-1962 By T.S.Eliot Derse COLLECTED POEMs 1909-1935FOUR QUARTET S THE COMPLETE POEMS AND PLAYs 1909-1950THE CULTIVATION OF CHRIST M AS TREESCOLLECTED POEMS 1909-1962 selected verse THE WASTE LAND AND OT HER POEMS children's verse OLD PossU M's B00K OF PRACTICAL CATS plays M U RDER IN THE CATHEDR ALTHE FAMILY REUN IONTHE CoCKT AIL PART YTHE CONFIDENTIAL CLE RKTHE ELDER ST ATESMAN literary crzticism THE SACRED wOODSELE CTED ESSAYS THE USE OF POE T RY AND THE USE OF CRITICISME SS AYs ON ELIZ ABETHAN DRAMAON POETRY AND POETS socual criticism THE IDEA OF A CHRISTIAN sOCIETY N OTES TOWA RDS THE DEFINITION OF CULT URECHRISTIANITY AND CULT U RE translation ANABASIs a poem by St -John Perse T.S.Eliot COLLECTED POEM S1909-1962 Harcourt,Brace d World,Inc.New York Copyright 1930,1940,1941,1942,1943,◎1958,1g62,1963 by T S ElotCopyright 1954,◎ 1956,1959,1963 by Thomas Stearns EluotCopyrnght 1934,1936 by Harcourt,Brace↓World,IncAll rghts reserved No part of thus book may be reproducedin any form or by any mechancal means,zncludng mmeographand tape recorder,wthout permzsson zn wriing from the publashie1. B.664 Lzbrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-21424Manufactured n the Unted States of Amerca by H.Wolf CONTENTS 1 PRUFROCK—1917 3 The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock8 Portrait of a Lady13 Preludes 16 Rhapsody on a Windy Night19 Morning at the Window20 The Boston Evening Transcript21 Aunt Helen22 Cousin Nancy23 Mr Apollinax24 Hysteria 25 Convcr sation Galante26 La Figla che Piange 27 POEMS—1920 29 Gerontion 32 Burbank with a Baedeker:Bleistein with a Cigar34 Sweeney Erect36 A Cooking Egg38 Le Directeur 39 Mélange Adultere de Tout40 Lune de Miel41 The Hippopotamus 43 Dans le Restaurant45 Whispers of Immortality 47 Mr.Elioť's Sunday Morning Service49 Sweeney Among the Nightingales 51 THE WASTE LAND一1922 53 I.The Burial of the Dead56 II.A Game of Chess60 III.The Fire Sermon65 IV.Death by Water66 V.What the Thunder Said70 NOTES on ‘The Waste Land 77 THE HOLLOW MEN—1925 83 ASH-WEDNESDAY—1930 85 I.Because I do not hope to turn again 87 II.Lady,three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree 89 II.At the first turning of the second stair 90 IV.Who walked between the violet and the violet 92 V.If the lost word is lost,if the spent word is spent 94 VI.Although I do not hope to turn again 97 ARIEL POEMS 99 Journey of the Magi—1927101 A Song for Simeon—1928103 Animula—1929105 Marina—1930107 The Cultivatron of Christmas Trees—1954 109 UNFINISHED POEMS 111 Sweeney Agonistes 111FRAGMENT OF A PR OLOGUE118FRAGMENT OF AN AGON 125 Coriolan I.TRIU MPHAL MARCH—1931 125 127 II.DIFFICULTIES OF A STATESMAN 131 MINOR POEMS 133 Eyes that last I saw in tears 134 The wind sprang up at four o'clock135 Five-finger exercises I.LINES TO A PERSIAN CAT 135 II,LINES TO A YORKSHIRE TERRIE RIII.LINES TO A DUCK IN THE PARKIV,LINES TO RALPH HODGsON ESQRE. 135 136 136 v.LINES FOR cuscusCARAWAY AND MIRZAMU R AD ALI BEG Landscapes 138 138I NEW HAMPSHIRE139II.VIRGINIA140III.USK141IV.RANNOCH,BY GLENCOE142V CAPE ANN143Lines for an Old Man # 145 CHORUSES FROM‘THE ROCK’—1934 147 I.The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven 152 I Thus your fathers were made 155 III.The Word of the LORD came unto me,saying 158 IV.There are those who would buld the Temple 159 V.O Lord,deliver me from the man of excellent inten-tion and impure heart 16o VI.It as hard for those who have never known perse-cution 162 VII.In the beginning GoD created the world 165 VIII.O Father we welcome your words 167 IX.Son of Man,behold with thine eyes,and hear withthine ears 16g X.You have seen the house built,you have seen itadorned # 173FOUR QUARTETS 175 Burnt Norton—1935182 East Coker—1940191The Dry Salvages—1941200 Little Gidding—1942 # 211 OCCASIONAL VERSES 213 1Defense of the Islands215A Note on War Poe

FAQs

Which major works are included in Collected Poems 1909-1962?

The collection includes “The Waste Land,” “The Hollow Men,” “Ash-Wednesday,” “Ariel Poems,” “Four Quartets,” “Choruses from ‘The Rock’,” and “Occasional Verses,” alongside many other poems listed in the contents.

How is “The Waste Land—1922” organized in this collection?

It is divided into numbered parts: I. The Burial of the Dead, II. A Game of Chess, III. The Fire Sermon, IV. Death by Water, V. What the Thunder Said, followed by “NOTES on ‘The Waste Land.”

Does the book contain early and later Eliot material within the same volume?

Yes. The contents span early works such as “Prufrock—1917” and move through later sections including “Four Quartets” and “Occasional Verses,” covering the period up to the end of 1962.

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