The Ariel Poems were two series of pamphlets that contained illustrated poems published by Faber and Gwyer and later by

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. The first series had 38 titles published between 1927 and 1931. The second series, published in 1954, had 8 titles. Each numbered pamphlet had an illustrated cover naming the author and illustrator. Four pages were sewn inside the cover. The frontispiece had another illustration, usually multicolored. Following that page was the poem. Several authors and illustrators had multiple pamphlets. A blog about the Alport Collection, one of th
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. The pamphlets in the first series, in order, are as follows: # ''Yuletide in a Younger World'' by

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...

, drawings by Albert Rutherston # ''The Linnet's Nest'' by Henry Newbolt, drawings by Ralph Keene # ''The Wonder Night'' by

Laurence Binyon Robert Laurence Binyon, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London ...

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Barnett Freedman Barnett Freedman CBE RDI (19 May 1901 – 4 January 1958) was a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer. Biography Early life and education Barnett Freedman was born in Stepney, in the east en ...

# ''Alone'' by

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of ...

, wood engravings by

Blair Hughes-Stanton Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton (22 February 1902 – 6 June 1981) was a major figure in the English wood-engraving revival in the twentieth century. He was the son of the artist Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He exhibited with the Society of Woo ...

# ''Gloria in Profundis'' by

G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Of his writing style, ''Time'' observed: "Wh ...

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Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

# ''The Early Whistler'' by

Wilfred Gibson Wilfred Gibson (28 February 1942 — 21 October 2014) was an English violinist, session musician, and early member of the Electric Light Orchestra. Early life Wilfred Gibson was born on 28 February 1942 in Dilston, Northumberland. He received ...

, drawings by John Nash # ''Nativity'' by

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both describ ...

, designs by Paul Nash # ''

Journey of the Magi "Journey of the Magi" is a 43-line poem written in 1927 by T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed for a series of 38 pamphlets by several authors collectively titled the Ariel Poems and released by the Br ...

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T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...

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E. McKnight Kauffer Edward McKnight Kauffer (14 December 1890 – 22 October 1954) was an American artist and graphic designer who lived for much of his life in the United Kingdom. He worked mainly in poster art, but was also active as a painter, book illustrator a ...

(August 1927) # ''The Chanty of the Nona'', poem and drawings by

Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (, ; 27 July 187016 July 1953) was a Franco-English writer and historian of the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. H ...

# ''Moss and Feather'' by

W. H. Davies William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp or hobo in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time. His themes inc ...

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Sir William Nicholson Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a printmaker in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography, as an illustrato ...

# ''Self to Self'' by Walter de la Mare, wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton # ''Troy'' by

Humbert Wolfe Humbert Wolfe CB CBE (5 January 1885 – 5 January 1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant. Biography Humbert Wolfe was born in Milan, Italy, and came from a Jewish family background,"Wolfe, Humbert" in Stanley ...

, drawings by Charles Ricketts # ''The Winter Solstice'' by Harold Monro, drawings by David Jones # ''To My Mother'' by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by

Stephen Tennant Stephen James Napier Tennant (21 April 1906 – 28 February 1987) was a British socialite known for his decadent, eccentric lifestyle. He was called "the brightest" of the "Bright Young People". Early life Tennant was born into British nobili ...

# ''Popular Song'' by Edith Sitwell, designs by

Edward Bawden Edward Bawden, (10 March 1903 – 21 November 1989) was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had be ...

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A Song for Simeon "A Song for Simeon" is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is T. S. Eliot's Ariel poems, one of five poems that Eliot contributed to the ''Ariel Poems (Faber), Ariel Poems'' series of 38 pa ...

'' by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (September 1928) # ''Winter Nights, a reminiscence'' by

Edmund Blunden Edmund Charles Blunden (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author, and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was als ...

, drawings by Albert Rutherston # ''Three Things'' by

W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...

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Gilbert Spencer Gilbert Spencer (4 August 1892 – 14 January 1979) was a British painter of landscapes, portraits, figure compositions and mural decorations. He worked in oils and watercolour. He was the younger brother of the painter Stanley Spencer. ...

# ''Dark Weeping'' by "AE", designs by Paul Nash # ''A Snowdrop'' by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Claudia Guercio # ''Ubi Ecclesia'' by G. K. Chesterton, drawings by Diana Murphy # ''The Outcast'' by James Stephens, drawings by Althea Willoughby # ''Animula'' by T. S. Eliot, wood engravings by

Gertrude Hermes Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes (18 August 1901 – 9 May 1983) was a British wood-engraver and sculptor. Hermes was a member of the English Wood Engraving Society (1925–31) and exhibited with the Society of Wood Engravers, the Royal Academy and ...

(October 1929) # ''Inscription on a Fountain-Head'' by Peter Quennell, drawings by Albert Rutherston # ''The Grave of Arthur'' by G. K. Chesterton, drawings by Celia Fiennes # ''Elm Angel'' by Harold Monro, wood engravings by

Eric Ravilious Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver. He grew up in Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs and other English landsca ...

# ''In Sicily'' by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by Stephen Tennant # ''The Triumph of the Machine'' by

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

, drawings by Althea Willoughby # ''Marina'' by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (September 1930) # ''The Gum Trees'' by Roy Campbell, drawings by David Jones # ''News'' by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Barnett Freedman # ''A Child is Born'' by Henry Newbolt, drawings by Althea Willoughby # ''To Lucy'' by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Albert Rutherston # ''To the Red Rose'' by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by Stephen Tennant # ''Triumphal March'' by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (October 1931) # ''Jane Barston 1719-1746'' by Edith Sitwell, drawings by R. A. Davies # ''Invitation To Cast Out Care'' by

Vita Sackville-West Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as wel ...

, drawings by Graham Sutherland # ''Choosing A Mast'' by Roy Campbell, drawings by Barnett Freedman The pamphlets in the second series are as follows: # ''The Cultivation of Christmas Trees'' by T. S. Eliot, drawings by David Jones # ''Mountains'' by W.H. Auden, drawings by Edward Bawden # ''Christmas Eve'' by C. Day-Lewis, drawings by

Edward Ardizzone Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979), who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was an English painter, print-maker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. For ''Tim All ...

# ''Nativity'' by Roy Campbell, drawings by James Sellars # ''The Other Wing'' by Louis MacNeice, drawings by Michael Ayrton # ''Sirmione Peninsula'' by Stephen Sender, drawings by Lynton Lamb # ''Prometheus'' by Edwin Muir, drawings by John Piper # ''The Winnowing Dream'' by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Robin Jaques

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* * This contains cover and frontispiece illustrations for poems 1-19. * This contains cover and frontispiece illustrations for poems 20-38. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ariel Poems (Faber) Pamphlets Faber and Faber books

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