Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 57 Drinkwater, John 1882 1937 Preludes 1921-1922 Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Preludes 1921-1922" by John Drinkwater is a poetic collection written in the early 20th century. This work encompasses a series of interconnected poems that delve into themes of love, friendship, beauty, and the human experience. The collection appears to weave together personal reflections and timeless narratives, drawing on classical and biblical influences to articulate emotional truths. Throughout the collection, Drinkwater explores various facets of life through distinct poems such as "David and Jonathan," which contemplates friendship and love through the lens of the biblical figures David and Jonathan. In "The Maid of Naaman's Wife," he reflects on the power dynamics of love and loyalty in the context of societal status and illness. "Lake Winter" presents an evocative portrait of rural life and passion, illustrating the richness of human connection against the backdrop of nature. Themes such as the permanence of love amid life's transience, the conflict of loyalty and honor, and the pursuit of beauty remain central. This collection ultimately offers a meditative and lyrical exploration of love and human relationships, encouraging readers to ponder the depth of their own connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- 20th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 94852 94853 2024-10-03T06:01:29.611657 2023-10-03T06:02:10.915503 text/html text/html 96187 2014-03-19T20:18:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 31882 2014-03-19T20:25:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 97447 2024-10-03T06:01:34.860656 application/epub+zip 96191 2024-10-03T06:01:31.520643 application/epub+zip 96190 2024-10-03T06:01:30.309649 application/epub+zip 193454 2024-10-03T06:01:36.866614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189932 2024-10-03T06:01:34.022628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166580 2022-09-03T08:10:38.334493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78600 78481 2024-10-03T06:01:29.049641 2023-10-03T06:02:10.494491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 78422 2014-03-19T20:17:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30110 2014-03-19T20:25:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19233 2024-10-03T06:01:36.997602 application/rdf+xml 13022 2024-10-03T06:01:30.865674 image/jpeg 3516 2024-10-03T06:01:30.585644 image/jpeg 94667 2024-10-03T06:01:29.621659 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia