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The Earth Compels was the second poetry collection by Louis MacNeice. It was published by Faber and Faber on 28 April 1938, and was one of four books by Louis MacNeice to appear in 1938, along with I Crossed the Minch, Modern Poetry: A Personal Essay and Zoo .
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In 1938, Faber and Faber published a second collection of poems, The Earth Compels, the Oxford University Press published Modern Poetry, and Nancy once again contributed illustrations to a book about London Zoo, called simply Zoo. As the year – and his relationship with Nancy – drew to a close, he started work on Autumn Journal.
The earth compels, upon it Sonnets and birds descend; And soon, my friend, We shall have no time for dances. The sky was good for flying Defying the church bells And every evil iron Siren and what it tells: The earth compels, We are dying, Egypt, dying And not expecting pardon, Hardened in heart anew, But glad to have sat under Thunder and rain ...
MacNeice subsequently included it as the last poem in his poetry collection The Earth Compels (1938).
The Earth Compels, Poems (London: Faber & Faber, 1938). I Crossed the Minch (London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green, 1938). Modern Poetry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1938; New York: Haskell House, 1969). Zoo (London: Joseph, 1938). Autumn Journal (London: Faber & Faber, 1939; New York: Random House, 1940).
5 de abr. de 2007 · The earth compels, upon it Sonnets and birds descend; And soon, my friend, We shall have no time for dances. The sky was good for flying Defying the church bells And every evil iron Siren and what it tells: The earth compels, We are dying, Egypt, dying And not expecting pardon, Hardened in heart anew, But glad to have sat under ...
