Arthur Hugh Clough: Selected Poems

Asked what problems most perplexed 'young men at present' Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) replied 'a growing sense of discrepancy'. His wry and wise poetry explores the tensions of a time of radical changes in the religious, political and literary landscape. He has a sharp eye for absurdity. Clough was a writer of wide interests and liberal sympathies, vividly idiomatic and sensuous, delighting in the detail and variety of everyday life. His technical dexterity is a delight: the poems encompass satire and lyric, dialogue, plot and contemporary reference. His narrative poemhe Bothie of Tober-Na-Vuolichand the epistolaryAmours de Voyagehave the momentum and social precision of novels, capturing a precise image of the Victorian world of the 1840s. This volume includes a generous selection of the full range of Clough's poetry, with a detailed introduction and annotations by Shirley Chew.

Chronological Table

7

(2)

Introduction

9

(26)

A Note on the Text

35

(2)

SHORTER POEMS

Sic Itur

37

(1)

Qui Laborat, Orat

38

(1)

`Why should I say I see the things I see not?'

39

(2)

`Duty -- that's to say, complying'

41

(1)

Natura Naturans

42

(3)

`Is it true, ye gods, who treat us'

45

(1)

Epi-Strauss-ium

46

(1)

Jacob's Wives

46

(5)

The Latest Decalogue

51

(1)

In the Great Metropolis

51

(1)

Easter Day (Naples, 1849)

52

(5)

`It fortifies my soul to know'

57

(1)

`To spend uncounted years of pain'

57

(1)

`Say not, the struggle nought availeth'

58

(1)

Peschiera

58

(2)

Alteram Partem

60

(1)

`On grass, on gravel, in the sun'

61

(2)

`Ye flags of Piccadilly'

63

(1)

`Where lies the land to which the ship would go?'

64

(1)

`That out of sight is out of mind'

64

(1)

`Upon the water, in the boat'

65

(2)

The Bothie of Tober-Na-Vuolich

67

(60)

Amours de Voyage

127

(54)

from Dipsychus

181

(30)

Notes

211

(28)

Select Bibliography

239

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