Fifty Poems
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Fifty Poems is a collection of poetry by fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 author Lord Dunsany
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany...

. His first poetry collection, it was first published in hardcover simultaneously in London
London
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 and New York
New York
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 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
G. P. Putnam's Sons
G. P. Putnam's Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group.-History:...

 in October, 1929.

The book collects fifty poems by the author.

Contents

  • "Art and Life"
  • "The Hunter Dreams in His Club"
  • "A Song of Wandering"
  • "Evening in Africa"
  • "Night"
  • "Ode to a Dublin Critic"
  • "In the Sahara"
  • "Under Mount Monadnock"
  • "The Traveller"
  • "Songs from an Evil Wood (I)"
  • "Songs from an Evil Wood (II)"
  • "The Memorial"
  • "A Dirge of Victory"
  • "To the Fallen Irish Soldiers"
  • "The Riders"
  • "The Watchers"
  • "The Enchanted People"
  • "Lady Blayn"
  • "Inscribed in a Copy of Five Plays
    Five Plays
    Five Plays is the eighth book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others...

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  • "Inscribed in a Copy of The King of Elfland's Daughter
    The King of Elfland's Daughter
    The King of Elfland's Daughter is a 1924 fantasy novel written by Lord Dunsany. Written before the genre was named, it is considered to be among the pioneering works of modern fantasy. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the second volume of the...

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  • "At the Time of the Full Moon"
  • "The Happy Isles"
  • "Nemesis"
  • "A Heterodoxy"
  • "A Moment"
  • "On a Portrait"
  • "To a Coffin from Ur"
  • "In an Old Land"
  • "Affairs"
  • "To Keats"
  • "The Forsaken Windmill"
  • "To Those That Come After"
  • "In Wild-Rose Garden"
  • "Waiting"
  • "A Call to the Wild"
  • "In a Yorkshire Valley"
  • "Snow on the East Wind"
  • "A Word in Season"
  • "The Worm and the Star"
  • "Al Shaldomir (A Song in a Play)"
  • "Song of the Iris Marshes"
  • "A Ballade of the Last Night"
  • "The Statue"
  • "In the Silence"
  • "The Inspiration"
  • "The Lost Trick"
  • "Raw Material"
  • "The Quest"
  • "The Call"
  • "The Deserted Kingdom"
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