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Two Fragments
Love holds me captive again
and I tremble with bittersweet longing


                          As a gale on the mountainside bends the oak tree
                          I am rocked by my love

                                                                                                                      Sappho
                                                         Translated by Cicely Herbert. Reprinted by the permission of the translator
                                              Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                       tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
A song for England
An’ a so de rain a-fall
An’ a so de snow a-rain
                      An’ a so de fog a-fall
                      An’ a so de sun a-fail
                                           An’ a so de seasons mix
                                           An’ a so de bag-o’-tricks
                                                                         But a so me understan’
                                                                         De misery o’ de Englishman.
                                                                                                                    Andrew Salkey
                                                                                                   Reprinted by permission of Patricia Salkey
                                                             Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                                      tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
A Dead Statesman
                  I could not dig: I dared not rob:
                  Therefore I lied to please the mob.
                  Now all my lies are proved untrue
                  And I must face the men I slew.
                  What tale shall serve me here among
                  Mine angry and defrauded young?
                  			                                          from Epitaphs of the War 1914-18

                                                                                                      Rudyard Kipling
                                                   Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                            tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
The Emigrant Irish                              They would have thrived on our necessities.
                                                What they survived we could not even live.
                                                By their lights now it is time to
                                                imagine how they stood there, what they stood with,
Like oil lamps we put them out the back,        that their possessions may become our power.

of our houses, of our minds. We had lights      Cardboard. Iron. Their hardships parcelled in them.
better than, newer than and then                Patience. Fortitude. Long-suffering
                                                in the bruise-coloured dusk of the New World.
a time came, this time and now
we need them. Their dread, makeshift example.   And all the old songs. And nothing to lose.
                                                                                                                      Eavan Boland
                                                                         Reprinted by permission of Carcarnet from New Collected Poems (2005)
                                                            Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                                     tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
Concerto for Double Bass
He is a drunk leaning companionably   He is a polite but devoted Valentino,
Around a lamp post or doing up        Cheek to cheek, forgetting the next step.
With intermittent concentration       He is feeling the pulse of the fat lady
Another drunk’s coat.                 Or cutting her in half.

                                                         But close your eyes and it is sunset
                                                         At the edge of the world. It is the language
                                                         Of dolphins, the growth of tree-roots,
                                                         The heart-beat slowing down.
                                                                                                                       John Fuller
                                                                                                 Reprinted by the permission of the author
                                                           Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                                    tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
Swallows                               Their annual regeneration
                                       so flawless to human eyes
                                       that there is no seam
      The swallows are italic again,   between parent and child.
      cutting their sky-jive
      between telephone wires,
      flying in crossed lines.                    Just always the swallows
                                                  and their script of descenders,
                                                  dipping their ink to sign their signatures
                                                  across the page of the sky.
                                                                                                                     Owen Sheers
                                                                    Reprinted by the permission of the author from Skirrid Hill (Seren 2005)
                                                       Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012)



MAYOR OF LONDON                                                tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London

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The072 poems v2

  • 1. Two Fragments Love holds me captive again and I tremble with bittersweet longing As a gale on the mountainside bends the oak tree I am rocked by my love Sappho Translated by Cicely Herbert. Reprinted by the permission of the translator Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
  • 2. A song for England An’ a so de rain a-fall An’ a so de snow a-rain An’ a so de fog a-fall An’ a so de sun a-fail An’ a so de seasons mix An’ a so de bag-o’-tricks But a so me understan’ De misery o’ de Englishman. Andrew Salkey Reprinted by permission of Patricia Salkey Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
  • 3. A Dead Statesman I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young? from Epitaphs of the War 1914-18 Rudyard Kipling Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
  • 4. The Emigrant Irish They would have thrived on our necessities. What they survived we could not even live. By their lights now it is time to imagine how they stood there, what they stood with, Like oil lamps we put them out the back, that their possessions may become our power. of our houses, of our minds. We had lights Cardboard. Iron. Their hardships parcelled in them. better than, newer than and then Patience. Fortitude. Long-suffering in the bruise-coloured dusk of the New World. a time came, this time and now we need them. Their dread, makeshift example. And all the old songs. And nothing to lose. Eavan Boland Reprinted by permission of Carcarnet from New Collected Poems (2005) Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
  • 5. Concerto for Double Bass He is a drunk leaning companionably He is a polite but devoted Valentino, Around a lamp post or doing up Cheek to cheek, forgetting the next step. With intermittent concentration He is feeling the pulse of the fat lady Another drunk’s coat. Or cutting her in half. But close your eyes and it is sunset At the edge of the world. It is the language Of dolphins, the growth of tree-roots, The heart-beat slowing down. John Fuller Reprinted by the permission of the author Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London
  • 6. Swallows Their annual regeneration so flawless to human eyes that there is no seam The swallows are italic again, between parent and child. cutting their sky-jive between telephone wires, flying in crossed lines. Just always the swallows and their script of descenders, dipping their ink to sign their signatures across the page of the sky. Owen Sheers Reprinted by the permission of the author from Skirrid Hill (Seren 2005) Poems on the Underground: A New Edition (Particular Books/Penguin 2012) MAYOR OF LONDON tfl.gov.uk/poems Transport for London