tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5360290091752613351..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: The Golden Treasury Of PoetryThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-82153695728195288232021-07-27T23:34:51.571+01:002021-07-27T23:34:51.571+01:00Thank you for posting this, this resonates I love ...Thank you for posting this, this resonates I love this book. I was looking to know the Christiana Rosetti poems in there ... There was one in particular I was trying to remember a couple of days ago. jo smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680984801327222312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-74644533140738829052012-12-26T16:05:26.865+00:002012-12-26T16:05:26.865+00:00I had this wonderful book as a child too. What I l...I had this wonderful book as a child too. What I loved was that the poems weren't just kids' poems or limericks (though there were many of those and they were delightful). But there were also many dramatic and epic poems from Shakespeare and Longfellow. Thanks for keeping the book alive in memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-65802399059513225792009-01-17T22:37:00.000+00:002009-01-17T22:37:00.000+00:00Hi. I was given a copy of this book for my 11th bi...Hi. I was given a copy of this book for my 11th birthday in 1962. I still have it and totally treasure it often reading parts of it. Also the Golden Story Book with tales in by Swift, Lear, Tennyson, Keats, Bunyan, Irving, Carroll, Kingsley, Longfellow, Ballantye, Stevenson and Thompson. JJones - GundagaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-46207460256841688412009-01-14T14:54:00.000+00:002009-01-14T14:54:00.000+00:00Hi SW, I enjoyed learning how much Ogden Nash's Do...Hi SW, I enjoyed learning how much Ogden Nash's Dogs meant to you. I've linked to you from my blog about how dogs were a favorite topic for <A HREF="http://blog.ogdennash.org/2009/01/ogden-nash-s-dogs.html" REL="nofollow">Ogden Nash</A> . Cheers,<BR/><BR/>JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438508489768945951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-14704738042848598312009-01-10T01:02:00.000+00:002009-01-10T01:02:00.000+00:00Oh, I had several of those very special books, and...Oh, I had several of those very special books, and it's probably no coincidence that they were all hardbacks and beautifully illustrated.<BR/><BR/>A beautiful book is something to treasure, for sure. And I believe it does help to instill a love of reading in a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-32020001285496690332009-01-08T11:51:00.000+00:002009-01-08T11:51:00.000+00:00Yes, Grassweaver, Palgrave remains an invaluable p...Yes, Grassweaver, Palgrave remains an invaluable poetic resource.<BR/><BR/>What you say is so true, Raph - the influence of those early books is incalculable.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visting, Pam! Your mentioning the Pyrenees just makes me want to go there again.Right now!<BR/><BR/>Patrick White, I truly believe, although I haven't read all of his novels by any means, and although he's sadly not particularly 'fashionable' at the moment (you'd be hard pressed to find a good selection of his books in UK bookshops) - is an astoundingly brilliant, world-class author, IMHO.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-34311498227280742302009-01-07T22:47:00.000+00:002009-01-07T22:47:00.000+00:00This is a first-time visit for me via The Weaver o...This is a first-time visit for me via The Weaver of Grass. I am determined to do more detailed walks this years so have had fun reading up on all your walks, particularly the Pyrenees - a place I love.Thank you for introducing me to Herman Hesse's The Wandering- I shall try to chase it up.Also, as an Aussie, I'm pleased to see that Patrick White is there with your favourite authors. So good to meet you and I will certainly come back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-26181236316217436512009-01-07T16:36:00.000+00:002009-01-07T16:36:00.000+00:00Love this poem - I like 'And half the time they tr...Love this poem - I like 'And half the time they trot sideaways.'<BR/><BR/>This is so true; Dobermanns do it elegantly like ballet dancers, and boxers kind of lollop along at 45 degrees looking slightly unhinged!<BR/><BR/>I believe so fervently in the immeasurable influence of that which we read at an early age. My thanks go to my parents and their friends who always kept my book-pile topped up!Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-19354756369187963552009-01-07T15:09:00.000+00:002009-01-07T15:09:00.000+00:00I have my father's copy of Palgrave's Golden Treas...I have my father's copy of Palgrave's Golden Treasury - it is a good reference work and I use it all the time. I think my favourite poem in it is Keats's "On a Favourite Cat drowned in a tub of goldfishes."<BR/>Love Ogden Nash - like the poem. The quote about dogs that I like (being the owner of a dog) is that whatever you do dogs are always on the wrong side of the door.<BR/>My favourite Ogeden Nash rhyme is:<BR/><BR/>Clad your lower limbs in pants.<BR/>Yours are the limbs my sweeting.<BR/>You look divine when you advance,<BR/>but have you seen yourself retreating?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44171241525714339362009-01-07T13:20:00.000+00:002009-01-07T13:20:00.000+00:00Thought somehow you might like that doggy poem, Gr...Thought somehow you might like that doggy poem, Grizzled!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-20732900598079489342009-01-07T13:02:00.000+00:002009-01-07T13:02:00.000+00:00A lovely memory and a delightful Nash poem. Many o...A lovely memory and a delightful Nash poem. <BR/><BR/>Many of us, I imagine, have a similar account of that special book, the one which reached into our heart and captured something, that stirred our imagination, that provided escape and a vast, adventurous world beyond.<BR/><BR/>You were obviously given a life-long gift.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.com