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    The Poetry Of Jessie Pope
    The Poetry Of Jessie Pope
    The Poetry Of Jessie Pope
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    The Poetry Of Jessie Pope

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    Jessie Pope was born in Leicester on March 18th 1868. Educated at North London Collegiate School and in her career became a regular contributor to Punch, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express, also writing for Vanity Fair, Pall Mall Magazine and the Windsor. Jessie wrote extensively for children and had her verse published in Pope also wrote verse for many illustrated collections for children, including The Little Soldier Book (1907), Babes and Birds (1910), Babes and Beasts (1912), The Adventures of Silversuit (1912), Three Jolly Anglers (1913), Tom, Dick and Harry: their Deeds and Misdeeds (1914), and Frolicsome Friends (1915). Her adult poetry is essentially patriotic and misses much of the carnage and brutality so powerfully portrayed by the War Poets. She was extensively published by The Daily Mail in order to encourage enlistment among young men. Her simple rhymes and jingoistic stance encouraged many to sign up and fight for the Allies. During the war she published three volumes of verse; Jessie Pope's War Poems (1915), More War Poems (1915) and Simple Rhymes for Stirring Times (1916).  After the war, Pope continued to write poems, a novel and children’s books. She married at age 61 in 1929 and moved from London to Fritton, near Great Yarmouth. Jessie Pope died on December, 14, 1941 in Devon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCopyright Group
    Release dateJan 3, 2014
    ISBN9781783949267
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      The Poetry Of Jessie Pope - Jessie Pope

      The Poetry Of Jessie Pope

      Jessie Pope was born in Leicester on March 18th 1868.  Educated at North London Collegiate School and in her career became a regular contributor to Punch, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express, also writing for Vanity Fair, Pall Mall Magazine and the Windsor. 

      Jessie wrote extensively for children and had her verse published in Pope also wrote verse for many illustrated collections for children, including The Little Soldier Book (1907), Babes and Birds (1910), Babes and Beasts (1912), The Adventures of Silversuit (1912), Three Jolly Anglers (1913), Tom, Dick and Harry: their Deeds and Misdeeds (1914), and Frolicsome Friends (1915).

      Her adult poetry is essentially patriotic and misses much of the carnage and brutality so powerfully portrayed by the War Poets. 

      She was extensively published by The Daily Mail in order to encourage enlistment among young men. Her simple rhymes and jingoistic stance encouraged many to sign up and fight for the Allies. During the war she published three volumes of verse; Jessie Pope's War Poems (1915), More War Poems (1915) and Simple Rhymes for Stirring Times (1916). 

      After the war, Pope continued to write poems, a novel and children’s books.  She married at age 61 in 1929 and moved from London to Fritton, near Great Yarmouth. Jessie Pope died on December, 14, 1941 in Devon.

      Index Of Poems

      Bobs

      Silent Camp

      War Girls

      Play The Game

      A Close Finish

      Comrades In Arms-Lets

      Marching To Germany

      No!

      Ware Wire!

      A Muff

      Love's Sacrifice

      Snowflakes

      A Cossack Charge

      Who's For The Game?

      Motor Martyrdom

      Love In A Mist

      Socks

      Cobblers

      A Humble Appeal

      The Call

      Loot!

      Coo-ee

      The Blackest Lie

      Little And Good

      A Royal Cracksman

      De Wet

      The Clerk Of The Weather

      Three Jolly Huntsmen

      Captive Conquerors

      Lights Out

      The War Budget

      The Zeppelin Armada

      A Valentine [From an old Lover]

      Crumbs Of Comfort

      To A Stout Shepherdess

      The Comet

      The Two Goliaths

      An Overlord

      April Antidotes

      The Outpost

      To A Taube

      A Sing-Song

      An Anzac Cap

      Anzac

      An Anzac Poem

      The K A Boys

      Another Pair Of Sleeves

      A Sore Point

      The Niggers

      The Knitting Song

      The Longest Odds

      The Nut

      The Nut’s Birthday

      A Vain Appeal

      April Antidotes

      The Lads Of The Maple Leaf

      The Call Of The Congo

      Captain Von Muller

      Bobs

      The call came in the stormy night, 

      Beneath a stranger's sky. 

      The soldier of a life-long fight, 

      Still fighting, went to die. 

      His country's honour was his goal; 

      Patient, unswerving, brave, 

      His mind, his heart, his work, his soul 

      His very all, he gave. 

      He toiled to rouse us from our sleep, 

      And now he takes his rest, 

      And we it is not ours to weep, 

      But follow his behest. 

      'Tis ours to make this matter plain 

      That though our 'Bobs' has gone, 

      Though dust returns to dust again 

      His soul goes marching on. 

      Silent Camp

      In heaven, a pale uncertain star, 

      Through sullen vapour peeps, 

      On earth, extended wide and far, 

      In

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