This early work by the great welsh poet Edward Thomas was originally
published in the early 20th century and contains Norse tales translated
from ancient poetry. Philip Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth, London,
England in 1878. His parents were Welsh migrants, and Thomas attended
several schools, before ending up at St. Pauls. Thomas led a reclusive
early life, and began writing as a teenager. He published his first
book, The Woodland Life (1897), at the age of just nineteen. A year
later, he won a history scholarship to Lincoln College, Oxford. Despite
being less well-known than other World War I poets, Thomas is regarded
by many critics as one of the finest.