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Lancashire Lantern: Lancashire Poetry Index
Part of the Lancashire Lantern network, an index to authors, first lines and titles of Lancashire poetry in books held within libraries in Lancashire, including the Lancashire Authors’ Association collection. The index provides details of the book in which a particular poem may be found and also a link through to the library catalogue to give the locations of the required volume.
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ID Number |
1287 |
Title |
My books |
First Line |
Give me my books |
Poet |
BARON, John Thomas |
Book Title |
A Cotton Town Chronicle |
Author of Book |
BARON, John Thomas |
Publication Date |
1978 |
Page Number |
55 |
Control Number |
M0014527LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Poems, mainly in dialect, by Blackburn author. Pseudonym-Jack O'Ann's |
ID Number |
1342 |
Title |
Homeward bound |
First Line |
Give me the love of an English lass |
Poet |
BARON, John Thomas |
Book Title |
A Cotton Town Chronicle |
Author of Book |
BARON, John Thomas |
Publication Date |
1978 |
Page Number |
87 |
Control Number |
M0014527LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Poems, mainly in dialect, by Blackburn author. Pseudonym-Jack O'Ann's |
ID Number |
2262 |
Title |
The spoils of war |
First Line |
Give me adventure he said to his friend |
Poet |
BAXTER, Mary Joyce |
Book Title |
Moments in time |
Author of Book |
BAXTER, Mary Joyce |
Publication Date |
1995 |
Page Number |
12-13 |
Control Number |
1898722072 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
2717 |
Title |
A ramble i' t' Lancashire lanes |
First Line |
O, give me a ramble i' t' Lancashire lanes |
Poet |
BARON, William |
Book Title |
Echoes from the loom: a collection of poems, chiefly in the dialect |
Author of Book |
BARON, William |
Publication Date |
1903 |
Page Number |
113-114 |
Control Number |
M0003219LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Bill-o-Jack's. Blackburn author |
ID Number |
2799 |
Title |
Give me back the love |
First Line |
Give me back the love I gave thee |
Poet |
YATES, Henry |
Book Title |
Songs of the twilight and the dawn |
Author of Book |
YATES, Henry |
Publication Date |
1904 |
Page Number |
22-24 |
Control Number |
M0063750LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Nom de plume 'Tansy Tuft'. Poems by Blackburn author |
ID Number |
3168 |
Title |
Memory |
First Line |
Ah, give me not a rose - they are too red |
Poet |
BENNETT, Alfred Gordon |
Book Title |
CONTEMPORARY Lancashire poetry, edited by S. Fowler Wright |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1928 |
Page Number |
18 |
Control Number |
M0035643LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The County Series of Contemporary Poetry - Vol 5 |
ID Number |
3712 |
Title |
A wish |
First Line |
Give me a fireside where sweet peace and love |
Poet |
ALLEN, Esther Charlotte Anne |
Book Title |
Echoes of heart whispers |
Author of Book |
ALLEN, Esther Charlotte Anne |
Publication Date |
1867 |
Page Number |
295 |
Control Number |
M0325178LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
2nd ed. Poems by Bury author |
ID Number |
80822 |
Title |
After an argument |
First Line |
Forgive me for being so selfish |
Poet |
McKEON, D. K. |
Book Title |
Don't judge this book by its cover |
Author of Book |
THE MERSEYSIDE ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS WORKSHOPS |
Publication Date |
1990 |
Page Number |
57 |
Control Number |
1871474000 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
81700 |
Title |
Old fashioned Christmas |
First Line |
Give me |
Poet |
ECKLES, Noreen |
Book Title |
Poetry cocktail |
Author of Book |
ECKLES, Noreen |
Publication Date |
1977 |
Page Number |
43 |
Control Number |
M0061027LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
81998 |
Title |
Songs in the house of my pilgrimage |
First Line |
Oh, give me songs - the earth is full of sighs! |
Poet |
HIGGS, Mary |
Book Title |
Red rose leaves: a collection of prose and verse by members of the Lancashire Authors' Association; edited by Edith Pearce |
Author of Book |
LANCASHIRE AUTHORS' ASSOCIATION |
Publication Date |
1925 |
Page Number |
5-6 |
Control Number |
M0004813LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
83280 |
Title |
O give me a home in some quiet glen |
First Line |
O give me a home in some quiet glen |
Poet |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Book Title |
Warblin's fro' an owd songster |
Author of Book |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Publication Date |
[1893] |
Page Number |
270 |
Control Number |
M0041178LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Subscribers' edition |
ID Number |
83567 |
Title |
The weaver's lament |
First Line |
Forgive me, readers please if I |
Poet |
ROBINSON, Sarah A. |
Book Title |
SKETCHES and poems by local writers, edited by John U. Smith |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
18-- |
Page Number |
9-10 |
Control Number |
M0129272LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Editor was member of the Burnley Literary and Philosophical Society |
ID Number |
83695 |
Title |
God's work |
First Line |
Give me the moorlands, give me the skies |
Poet |
SPENCER, Philip S-G. |
Book Title |
The first hundred (1933 - June 1942) |
Author of Book |
SPENCER, Philip S-G. |
Publication Date |
194- |
Page Number |
5 |
Control Number |
M0300740LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The author was killed in 1943 |
ID Number |
84140 |
Title |
The land where the rose is grown |
First Line |
Give me the strength of an English breeze |
Poet |
BAMBER, George A. |
Book Title |
A NEW lyric book, edited by F.T. Houghton Turner |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1929 |
Page Number |
61 |
Control Number |
M0319970LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Most of the poems are by members of Manchester Lyric Club |
ID Number |
84696 |
Title |
A wish |
First Line |
Oh! give me a cot in some wood-shaded glen |
Poet |
PRINCE, John Critchley |
Book Title |
The poetical works of John Critchley Prince. Edited by R.A. Douglas Lithgow. Vol. 2 |
Author of Book |
PRINCE, John Critchley |
Publication Date |
1880 |
Page Number |
43-44 |
Control Number |
M0000519LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Edited by R.A. Douglas Lithgow. Vol. 2. |
ID Number |
85420 |
Title |
The waste of war |
First Line |
Give me the gold that War has cost |
Poet |
PRINCE, John Critchley |
Book Title |
The poetical works of John Critchley Prince. Edited by R.A. Douglas Lithgow. Vol. 2 |
Author of Book |
PRINCE, John Critchley |
Publication Date |
1880 |
Page Number |
201-202 |
Control Number |
M0000519LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
86251 |
Title |
The Owd 'Un |
First Line |
Give me mi pipe an' mi bacca, an' switch off thad noisy owd thing |
Poet |
MILLER, Alice |
Book Title |
Cage Without Bars |
Author of Book |
MILLER, Alice |
Publication Date |
1942 |
Page Number |
|
Control Number |
M0067313LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Poems by Oswaldtwistle author |
ID Number |
86700 |
Title |
Lover mine |
First Line |
Give me a rose to treasure |
Poet |
HUNTER, Harry |
Book Title |
THE Pied Piper of words: an anthology of poetry by northern writers / edited by Madeleine Fish |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
no date |
Page Number |
48 |
Control Number |
1898722080 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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