Poem: ‘The Bells of Saint Babel’s’

From the LRB letters page: [ 19 August 1999 ] Allen Curnow.

Allen Curnow, a poet often published and much admired by the LRB, died in September 2001. Early Days Yet: New and Collected Poems, 1941-97 is available from Carcanet. The Bells of Saint Babel’s has just been published in paperback.