Gavin is a cousin of mine, and I acquired the book out of some kind of misplaced family sentimentality (I got better, don't worry). At first, I was disappointed - most of his poems didn't seem all that talented. but after a while and a few re-readings some of them became quite sublime:- "Tell the clear blue skies I shall return with love in my heart for your virgin forests, your naked mountains and your rivers of despair. Yours is the unregenerate soul of darkness..." Af course, not all of his work improved with familiarity, there's a reason he's not world-famous.

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