▁in ▁fact ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁his ▁pro se . ▁Non eth eless , ▁despite ▁their ▁inferior ▁status , ▁Phill ips ▁does ▁find ▁in ▁them ▁re de em ing ▁features : ▁v ivid ▁g oth ick ▁imag ery , ▁often ▁shock ing ▁ju xt ap os itions ▁( as ▁in ▁" J ane ▁Allen ", ▁Wel ch ' s ▁most - re print ed ▁poem ) ▁and ▁a ▁ke ener ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁ra ging ▁around ▁him ▁than ▁in ▁his ▁pro se . ▁ ▁Phill ips ' ▁views ▁on ▁Wel ch ' s ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁univers ally ▁shared , ▁however . ▁Not ▁long ▁after ▁they ▁were ▁published , ▁the ▁English ▁composer ▁Howard ▁Fer g us on ▁set ▁five ▁of ▁Wel ch ' s ▁po ems ▁from ▁A ▁Last ▁She af ▁for ▁voice ▁and ▁piano . ▁The ▁work , ▁entitled ▁ ▁Disc overy , ▁was ▁a ▁favour ite ▁concert ▁piece ▁of ▁Kath le en ▁Fer rier , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁record ▁it . ▁ ▁Th ir teen ▁of ▁Wel ch ' s ▁po ems ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁his ▁J ourn als , ▁published ▁the ▁year ▁after ▁A ▁Last ▁She af . ▁It ▁would ▁be ▁almost ▁twenty - five ▁years ▁before ▁any ▁more ▁of ▁his ▁poetry ▁appeared ▁in ▁print ▁again , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁anth ology , ▁D umb ▁Inst rument . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 1 ▁short ▁story ▁collections ▁Category : B rit