![]() ![]() When it finally does fall to dust I will get a third copy. It is not mere sentimentality that keeps this book on my shelves. Nowadays I have a fairly large collection of poetry books and most, if not all, of the poems in Immortal Poems of the English Language are surely available on the internet, but I would not part with this book for all the poems on the web. Many of its poems were memorized during those days and some of them I can still recite today. If there was a long wait at the bus stop, a poem or two would fill the time. If a lecture was boring, out came Immortal Poems of the English Language. I used to whip it out every chance I got. ![]() The second perhaps a year later when the first one wore out. ![]() ![]() The first was purchased for a literature course at Hunter College. I remember them both living in my book bag during my college years. This current copy is actually my second ~ the first having been worn out so quickly that it soon needed replacing. But the memories this book holds are as strong as the paper is brittle. The cover is held together with so much clear tape that it’s probably more tape than cover. My copy of Immortal Poems of the English Language must be handled gingerly to prevent it from completely falling apart. ![]()
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