SONGS OF THE DEAD END

POEMS BY PATRICK MacGILL

“Remarkable.”—Daily Express.

“Work of real genius.”—Bookman.

“This is a remarkable book.”—Graphic.

“He can do things, can our navvy poet.”—The Clarion.

“This extraordinary man of the people.”—Public Opinion.

“The greatest poet since Kipling.”—James Douglas, in The Star.

“Verses of remarkable vigour, variety and ability.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“MacGill’s work is taking the literary world by storm.”—Morning Leader.

“His poems show a power of direct observation and of
strong emotion.”—Spectator.

“We are at a loss to understand what manner of youth
he is.”—Manchester Guardian.

“The author has a very considerable gift.”—Andrew
Lang, in Illustrated London News.

“It is a life which has been an Odyssey, the picturesque
life a tone poet can weather through as Mr. MacGill has
done.”—Book Monthly.

“The traits of an ardent, fearless personality, expressed
in words of fire, are here again in all their lyrical richness…. The
poet says:

‘I sing my songs to you—and well,

You’ll maybe like them—who can tell?’

We do like them.”—Daily Chronicle.

“When, in the terse vernacular of his calling, he gives
voice to the sorrows and impatience, the humour and the
resignation of his workmen comrades, and lets his songs
find their own natural bent, then at length he attains real
lyrical strength and sincerity…. For we need
have no hesitation in hailing Mr. MacGill as a poet.”—Sunday Times.

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