The Language of Love: poems chosen by
No. of pages 304
Published: 2005
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An anthology of beautiful, funny and unusual poems and songs from across centuries and cultures, all celebrating love. All the various stages and moods of love are featured, such as first love, lost love, marriage and love, and falling out of love. Includes poets such as Burns, Shakespeare, Wendy Cope, Adrian Henri, Dorothy Parker, Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Jennings and Cole Porter, to name but a few.
Love is Like a Dizziness
O, Love, love, love!
Love is like a dizziness;
It winna let a poor body
Gang about his biziness!
James Hogg (1770-1835)
`The joy of Harvey anthologies is the way they keep turning up poems you love but can't quite remember' Signal
There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Pan Macmillan .
Anne Harvey is a broadcaster and poetry and literary anthologist. She lives in Ealing and has two children and two grand children.