In this series a contemporary poet selects & introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems & by the personal & critical reactions they express in their prefaces the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible & passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. The birds are gone to bed; the cows are still & sheep lie panting on each old mole hill & underneath the willows grey-green bough
- Like toil a resting
- lies the fallow plough
- Hares at Play"."