title: Best-Loved Poems
author: Hachette UK
description: Neil Philip is a writer and critic whose previous anthologies include A NEW TREASURY OF POETRY and THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE. Isabelle Brent is one of the most highly-regarded illustrators working today, particularly noted for her subtle use of gold leaf.
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