Fred Chappell continues to astonish. In his new collection of verse, he matches the vitality and grace, the deep intelligence and keenly observant sensibility, that characterize such earlier works as Midquest and Source. First and Last Words revives the traditional practice of supplying new prologue and epilogue poems to classic works of literature. The poems invite renewed acquaintance with familiar works and authors--The Georgics and The Dynasts, Livy and Lucretius, Goethe and Tolstoy, The Wind in the Willows--and are offered as a celebration of their enduring significance. In "The Watchman," a prologue to the Orteseia, Chappell writes:
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