{"product_id":"consider-the-years","title":"Consider the Years","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/22-consider_the_years.jpg?v=1593033552\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"490\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY ANNE HARVEY\u003cbr\u003e144pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155110\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author of these wise and witty poems, written between 1938 and 1946, was Joyce Grenfell's closest friend and collaborator. The poems, many of which first appeared in \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e, span and highlight the war years; not all are about the war, but each conveys irony, wisdom, humour, realism and a superb eye for detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy thoughts are centred now on strange concerns.\u003cbr\u003eNo longer do I find my spirit yearns\u003cbr\u003eTo talk of theatres, or art, or books,\u003cbr\u003eOr love affairs, or other people's cooks.\u003cbr\u003eDead as the dust of ancient dreams they lie,\u003cbr\u003eAnd cannot comfort me, or edify.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut should you speak to me of bones, or tins,\u003cbr\u003eOr swill for pigs, or sanitary bins,\u003cbr\u003eMy heart will leap to yours and in my eyes\u003cbr\u003eThe lust for aluminium will rise.\u003cbr\u003eAh me! A year ago I talked of Rome,\u003cbr\u003eand Beatrice Lillie and the Hippodrome,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd roses and the Rhine and fruited trees\u003cbr\u003eAs yet unplundered by evacuees.\u003cbr\u003eI did not seek a restless bed afraid\u003cbr\u003eI had forgotten to inform Miss Wade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat through some misdemeanour unforeseen\u003cbr\u003eSome forty cups were gone from the canteen...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper is taken from a 1943 printed rayon crêpe dress fabric derived from a series of propaganda posters by 'Fougasse', 'Careless Talk Costs Lives', published by the Ministry of Information in February 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'Section Officer Austen, WAAF Meteorologist', 1944 by Evelyn Dunbar © RAF Museum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Virginia Graham","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098750538035,"sku":"ozu1789694396735","price":29.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098750570803,"sku":"fvz1789694396736","price":36.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098750603571,"sku":"lcq1789694396737","price":39.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098750636339,"sku":"jxh1789694396738","price":40.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/consider-the-years_1.jpg?v=1789694403","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/consider-the-years","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}