This volume gathers together the finest of Ruth Pitter?s poems, which in Kathleen Raine?s judgement ?will survive as long as the English language, with whose expressiveness in image and idea she has kept faith, remains?. In the introduction Elizabeth Jennings ? who was herself among the most distinguished of contemporary poets ? pays tribute to Pitter?s ?acute sensibility and deep integrity? and refers to her precision in observing Nature, her skill with verse forms and the frequency with which she achieves a ?beautifully communicated vision?.