In glad thanksgiving : new poems / John Masefield.

This collection includes three fables, "The Throckmorton Coat", recounting the contest at Newbury in 1811 to shear, spin, dye, weave, cut and sew a coat in thirteen hours; "Two Cousins", the dramatic story of the disastrous clash between the strength of Drake and the "limpin...

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Main Author: Masefield, John, 1878-1967
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Macmillan, [1967]
Edition:1st American ed.
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Summary:This collection includes three fables, "The Throckmorton Coat", recounting the contest at Newbury in 1811 to shear, spin, dye, weave, cut and sew a coat in thirteen hours; "Two Cousins", the dramatic story of the disastrous clash between the strength of Drake and the "limping sway" of Hawkins; and "Pagan Born", the legend of the young Worcestershire boy who was at last able to reconcile the warring Welsh and English. The book also contains twenty six shorter lyrics, three of them translations from Heine.--Publisher description.
Physical Description:90 pages ; 21 cm