{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-roses-copy","title":"Ten Poems About Snowdrops","description":"\u003cp\u003eAppearing at what can be the bleakest time of year, snowdrops hold a special place in our hearts. There is something valiant in the way they emerge from the cold earth to stand in shivering clusters when we are busy keeping warm indoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it’s this quality of apparent resilience that appeals to us – and makes snowdrops so popular with poets. This delightfully varied selection captures their many meanings – from Tennyson’s “February fair-maid” to Jim Stewart’s image of snowdrops as “the last lights out”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Wordsworth it is humility that characterises them most of all:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lone Flower, hemmed in with snows and white as they\u003cbr\u003eBut hardier far, once more I see thee bend\u003cbr\u003eThy forehead, as if fearful to offend…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘To a Snowdrop’ by William Wordsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are poems to be enjoyed at any time of year, offering a welcome reminder that even in the depths of winter, spring is quietly at work preparing its many joys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by Katharine Towers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Diana Hendry, Rosie Storey Hilton, Zaffar Kunial, Paula Meehan, Sarah Salway, AE Stallings, Jim Stewart, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mary Webb and William Wordsworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Alexandra Buckle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonation to Snowdrop Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall books\/pamphlets that are part of the popular Candlestick Press range. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57649801855356,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TPAS-01-P1_8f9f3b36-e25d-44eb-ae01-850ed520dbd5.jpg?v=1791815916","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-roses-copy","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}