Collection of beautiful verse from a mysterious poet & wordsmith

LONDON - Aug. 12, 2020 - PRLog -- ISBN #978-1786234766

Collection of beautiful verse from a mysterious poet & wordsmith

"Lyrics & Lines" by 'Carolus' is published by Bollin Publishing Ltd.

About the Book:

Written under the pseudonym "Carolus", Lyrics & Lines is a book of poems written circa 1890 - 1900, possibly as a gift to one he had loved and lost.

Love, humour, moralisation and the macabre all come together in a most readable and enjoyable manner.

Who he was, when and exactly where he lived and his age at the time he wrote this book are unknown. That he was a modest man can be gleaned from his description of himself as "a poetaster".

Beautifully written; these poems should not only appeal to lovers of poetry but to those who would never normally consider reading verse.

A few lines of verse from four of his poems to give you a flavour:

"Perhaps you will wonder what terrible trouble

Has ended my pleasure as bursteth a bubble;

It pains me to tell you, but briefly 'tis that

My darling canary's been poached by my cat."

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"Lift up thy voice my Love and sweetly warble,

Carol a song than nightingale more clear;

Soft let me kiss thy throat as white as marble

That shyly tells thy love into mine ear."

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"By yonder bridge that spans the Avon 0'er,

Whose mighty arches stretch from shore to shore,

I chanced to wander once in careless wise,

Content alone to muse and moralize-"

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"God's purpose is unknown, we all are blind.

The way he wishes never can we find;

So that unanswered is the question still,

Why do we live, what purpose great fulfill?"

"Lyrics & Lines" by 'Carolus' is available in paperback from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lyrics-Lines-Carolus-J-P-Parkins...

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