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29: 153:'s old suit hardly fits a dour Yorkshireman with ambitions to be a sort of royal witch doctor. Only one of those Laureate effusions is included here, the one for HRH Prince Harry, which has some decent lines about salmon responding to a storm." 141:
reviewed what he jokingly called the "New Selected Spells by the Royal Witch Doctor". One of these 'spells' was "Rain-Charm for the Duchy", Hughes's 1984 hymn of praise to the rivers of the
180:. ... Alongside his characteristic language of the sublime forces of nature, Hughes includes a realistic catalogue of the pollutants which human beings have poured into the 475: 164:
focuses more on storms and salmon than royal baptisms, more on the land of the Duchy than on the Royal Family itself. Its finished title was
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Emory MARBL archive, Ted Hughes papers, Mss 644, box 175, folder FF 30: Reviews of New Selected Poems 1957-1994.
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Rain-Charm for the Duchy: A Blessed, Devout Drench for the Christening of His Royal Highness Prince Harry
347: 289: 440: 365: 202: 302: 506: 119:, from 1984. The poems in the book celebrate royal occasions. The book was first published by 93: 512: 421: 389: 413: 133: 120: 28: 448: 381: 78: 527: 373: 150: 397: 142: 493: 325: 181: 138: 112: 42: 238: 264: 225:"Ted Hughes (1930-98) - Rain-charm for the Duchy and other Laureate poems" 467: 115:. The book contains poems written by Hughes during his tenure as 298: 294: 160:, reviewing the book for the Ted Hughes Society wrote, " 486: 459: 432: 357: 332: 92: 84: 74: 64: 56: 48: 38: 240:Rain-charm for the Duchy: And other laureate poems 156:In 2021 Yvonne Reddick, Research Fellow at the 476:Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being 310: 8: 168:. Yet in early typescripts, it was entitled 21: 317: 303: 295: 27: 20: 193: 174:Rain Charm for Bringing Back the Salmon 7: 117:Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 16:1992 poetry anthology by Ted Hughes 14: 158:University of Central Lancashire 1: 500:Modern Poetry in Translation 201:Bayley, John (9 July 1992). 170:After the Five Month Drought 149:’s christening. Nye wrote, " 565: 544:English poetry collections 203:"Godmother of the Salmon" 26: 22:Rain-charm for the Duchy 406:Rain-charm for the Duchy 263:Reddick, Yvonne (2021). 243:. Faber and Faber. 1992. 108:Rain-charm for the Duchy 549:Faber & Faber books 265:"Poetry by Ted Hughes" 207:London Review of Books 111:is a book of poems by 348:The Blue Flannel Suit 539:Poetry by Ted Hughes 366:The Hawk in the Rain 267:. Ted Hughes Society 145:, in celebration of 341:Crow's First Lesson 23: 534:1992 poetry books 521: 520: 290:Faber & Faber 137:, in March 1995, 104: 103: 75:Publication place 556: 513:Ted Hughes Award 479:(1992 monograph) 422:Birthday Letters 390:Remains of Elmet 319: 312: 305: 296: 277: 276: 274: 272: 260: 254: 251: 245: 244: 235: 229: 228: 221: 215: 214: 198: 66:Publication date 60:Faber Paperbacks 31: 24: 564: 563: 559: 558: 557: 555: 554: 553: 524: 523: 522: 517: 482: 455: 428: 414:Tales from Ovid 353: 328: 323: 286: 281: 280: 270: 268: 262: 261: 257: 252: 248: 237: 236: 232: 223: 222: 218: 200: 199: 195: 190: 134:Literary Review 129: 121:Faber and Faber 67: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 562: 560: 552: 551: 546: 541: 536: 526: 525: 519: 518: 516: 515: 510: 503: 496: 490: 488: 484: 483: 481: 480: 472: 463: 461: 457: 456: 454: 453: 449:The Iron Woman 445: 436: 434: 430: 429: 427: 426: 418: 410: 402: 394: 386: 382:Moortown Diary 378: 370: 361: 359: 355: 354: 352: 351: 344: 336: 334: 330: 329: 324: 322: 321: 314: 307: 299: 293: 292: 285: 284:External links 282: 279: 278: 255: 246: 230: 216: 192: 191: 189: 186: 128: 125: 102: 101: 99:978-0571166053 96: 90: 89: 86: 82: 81: 79:United Kingdom 76: 72: 71: 68: 65: 62: 61: 58: 54: 53: 50: 46: 45: 40: 36: 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 561: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 531: 529: 514: 511: 509: 508: 504: 502: 501: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 487:Miscellaneous 485: 478: 477: 473: 470: 469: 465: 464: 462: 458: 451: 450: 446: 443: 442: 438: 437: 435: 433:Prose fiction 431: 424: 423: 419: 416: 415: 411: 408: 407: 403: 400: 399: 395: 392: 391: 387: 384: 383: 379: 376: 375: 371: 368: 367: 363: 362: 360: 356: 349: 345: 342: 338: 337: 335: 331: 327: 320: 315: 313: 308: 306: 301: 300: 297: 291: 288: 287: 283: 266: 259: 256: 250: 247: 242: 241: 234: 231: 226: 220: 217: 212: 208: 204: 197: 194: 187: 185: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 154: 152: 151:John Betjeman 148: 144: 140: 136: 135: 126: 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 109: 100: 97: 95: 91: 87: 83: 80: 77: 73: 69: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 44: 41: 37: 33:First edition 30: 25: 19: 505: 498: 474: 466: 447: 441:The Iron Man 439: 420: 412: 405: 404: 398:Wolfwatching 396: 388: 380: 372: 364: 358:Poetry books 269:. Retrieved 258: 249: 239: 233: 219: 210: 206: 196: 177: 176:, or simply 173: 169: 165: 161: 155: 147:Prince Harry 143:West Country 132: 130: 107: 106: 105: 18: 494:Court Green 471:(1971 play) 460:Other works 528:Categories 326:Ted Hughes 188:References 178:Rain-Charm 162:Rain-Charm 139:Robert Nye 113:Ted Hughes 43:Ted Hughes 127:Reception 123:in 1992. 57:Publisher 350:" (1998) 343:" (1970) 468:Orghast 507:Sylvia 452:(1993) 444:(1968) 425:(1998) 417:(1997) 409:(1992) 401:(1989) 393:(1979) 385:(1979) 377:(1970) 369:(1957) 271:18 May 52:Poetry 39:Author 333:Poems 213:(13). 85:Pages 49:Genre 374:Crow 273:2023 182:Tavy 94:ISBN 70:1992 131:In 530:: 211:14 209:. 205:. 172:, 88:64 346:" 339:" 318:e 311:t 304:v 275:. 227:.

Index


Ted Hughes
United Kingdom
ISBN
978-0571166053
Ted Hughes
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
Faber and Faber
Literary Review
Robert Nye
West Country
Prince Harry
John Betjeman
University of Central Lancashire
Tavy
"Godmother of the Salmon"
"Ted Hughes (1930-98) - Rain-charm for the Duchy and other Laureate poems"
Rain-charm for the Duchy: And other laureate poems
"Poetry by Ted Hughes"
Faber & Faber
v
t
e
Ted Hughes
Crow's First Lesson
The Blue Flannel Suit
The Hawk in the Rain
Crow
Moortown Diary
Remains of Elmet

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