21 APRIL 1950, page 8

St. George, Anglo-hellene

By C. M. WOODHOUSE N OBODY knows exactly who St. George was or when he lived or how he earned his martyrdom. Like the other great figure of our national tradition whose day we......

The Exhaust

How fair that plumed cloud appears, That shining line that hangs in air, As though some spirit of far spheres Had left his snowy footprints there. Or, a comparison to find......

William Wordsworth,

1770 — I 850 By HELEN DARBISHIRE W ORDSWORTH'S contemporaries placed him next to Milton. A hundred years after his death that verdict is not contested. John Stuart Mill has said......