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The Poetry of Cats

  • Patrick R. Chalmers,
  • William Cowper,
  • W. H. Davies,
  • Ewart Milne,
  • William Langland,
  • Ted Hughes,
  • Jean de La Fontaine,
  • James Boswell,
  • Robert Herrick,
  • Thomas Hood,
  • Stevie Smith,
  • Geoffrey Chaucer,
  • Matthew Arnold,
  • Alexander Gray,
  • William Butler Yeats,
  • John Skelton,
  • Eleanor Farjeon,
  • T. S. Eliot,
  • Edward Lear,
  • Jonathan Swift,
  • Harold Monro,
  • Louis MacNeice,
  • Thomas Gray,
  • Richard Church,
  • A. L. Rowse,
  • Rosamund Marriott Watson,
  • Anna Seward,
  • Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth,
  • Christina Georgina Rosetti,
  • William Wordsworth,
  • Joanna Baillie,
  • Richard Garnett,
  • Isabel Bolton,
  • Izaak Walton,
  • Charles Baudelaire,
  • John Keats,
  • Giles Lytton Strachey,
  • Ford Madox Ford,
  • Walter De la Mare,
  • Thomas Hardy,
  • Anonymous,
  • Francis Scarfe,
  • Thomas Flatman,
  • Samuel Carr,
  • Annabel Farjeon,
  • Thomas Master,
  • A. S. J. Tessimond,
  • J. G. Whittier,
  • Hal Summers,
  • Christopher Smart,
  • A. C. Swinburne

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This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of creatures--the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the cunning, the fierce, the inscrutable.

Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide-ranging nature of the collection by poets such as T.S. Elliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats, William Wordsworth, Edward Lear and many others.

One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank and Lear add to the charm of the verse, making this a book to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere.

Genres

  • poetry
  • cats
  • English poetry
  • Cats, poetry
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About the authors

  • Patrick R. Chalmers

    1872 - 1942

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    0 ratings · 26 works

  • William Cowper

    1731 - 1800

    3.60

    15 ratings · 290 works

  • W. H. Davies

    1871 - 1940

    4.00

    2 ratings · 120 works

  • Ewart Milne

    25 May 1903 - 14 January 1987

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    0 ratings · 25 works

  • William Langland

    1330? - 1400?

    3.00

    2 ratings · 73 works

  • Ted Hughes

    1930 - 1998

    3.83

    24 ratings · 437 works

  • Jean de La Fontaine

    1621 - 1695

    3.89

    9 ratings · 854 works

  • James Boswell

    1740 - 1795

    3.63

    8 ratings · 447 works

  • Robert Herrick

    3.50

    4 ratings · 162 works

  • Thomas Hood

    1799 - 1845

    1.00

    1 ratings · 140 works

  • Stevie Smith

    1902 - 1971

    3.00

    3 ratings · 57 works

  • Geoffrey Chaucer

    1343 - 25 October 1400

    3.33

    48 ratings · 1343 works

  • Matthew Arnold

    1822 - 1888

    3.33

    18 ratings · 617 works

  • Alexander Gray

    1882 - 1921

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    0 ratings · 22 works

  • William Butler Yeats

    1865 - 1939

    3.94

    47 ratings · 1167 works

  • John Skelton

    1460? - 1529

    5.00

    1 ratings · 79 works

  • Eleanor Farjeon

    3 February 1881 - 5 June 1965

    3.67

    9 ratings · 136 works

  • T. S. Eliot

    26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965

    3.89

    84 ratings · 1117 works

  • Edward Lear

    1812 - 1888

    4.00

    13 ratings · 536 works

  • Jonathan Swift

    30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745

    3.66

    120 ratings · 2183 works

  • Harold Monro

    1879 - 1932

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    0 ratings · 34 works

  • Louis MacNeice

    1907 - 1963

    3.00

    3 ratings · 92 works

  • Thomas Gray

    1716 - 1771

    3.00

    3 ratings · 248 works

  • Richard Church

    1893 - 1972

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    0 ratings · 112 works

  • A. L. Rowse

    1903 - 1997

    5.00

    1 ratings · 244 works

  • Rosamund Marriott Watson

    1863 - 1911

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    0 ratings · 27 works

  • Anna Seward

    1742 - 1809

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    0 ratings · 56 works

  • Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

    31 May 1893 - 31 August 1986

    4.21

    14 ratings · 129 works

  • Christina Georgina Rosetti

    1830 - 1894

    3.71

    14 ratings · 292 works

  • William Wordsworth

    7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850

    4.07

    29 ratings · 572 works

  • Joanna Baillie

    1762 - 1851

    3.50

    4 ratings · 96 works

  • Richard Garnett

    27 February 1835 - 13 April 1906

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    0 ratings · 121 works

  • Isabel Bolton

    6 August 1883 - 3 April 1975

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    0 ratings · 20 works

  • Izaak Walton

    1593 - 1683

    4.00

    2 ratings · 188 works

  • Charles Baudelaire

    9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867

    4.07

    30 ratings · 868 works

  • John Keats

    31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821

    3.82

    28 ratings · 501 works

  • Giles Lytton Strachey

    1880 - 1932

    4.29

    7 ratings · 85 works

  • Ford Madox Ford

    1873-12-17 - 1939-06-26

    3.71

    14 ratings · 212 works

  • Walter De la Mare

    1873 - 1956

    3.91

    11 ratings · 287 works

  • Thomas Hardy

    2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928

    3.83

    102 ratings · 3693 works

  • Anonymous

    3.92

    120 ratings · 43653 works

  • Francis Scarfe

    1911 - 1986

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    0 ratings · 19 works

  • Thomas Flatman

    1637 - 1688

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    0 ratings · 19 works

  • Samuel Carr

    born 1913

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    0 ratings · 16 works

  • Annabel Farjeon

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    0 ratings · 11 works

  • Thomas Master

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    0 ratings · 8 works

  • A. S. J. Tessimond

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    0 ratings · 6 works

  • J. G. Whittier

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    0 ratings · 6 works

  • Hal Summers

    born 1911

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    0 ratings · 5 works

  • Christopher Smart

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    0 ratings · 2 works

  • A. C. Swinburne

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Editions

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    Viking Press, Studio

    1975

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    Chancellor Press

    1986

  • Edition cover

    1991 edition (2)

    Longmeadow Press

    1991

  • Edition cover

    1991 edition (1)

    Longmeadow Press

    1991

  • Edition cover

    Batsford

    1974

  • Edition cover

    Bounty Books

    September 16, 1991