Delhi Public School, Pali: Subject: English Class: Xi
Delhi Public School, Pali: Subject: English Class: Xi
PALI
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS: XI
SHIRLEY TOULSON
ABOUT THE POETESS
Shirley Toulson was born on 20th
May 1924 in Henley-on-Thames,
England as the daughter of Douglas
Horsfall Dixon and Marjorie Brown.
She had a huge passion on writing
and was greatly influenced by her
father who was a writer too. She
secured a B.A in Literature from
Brockenhurst College in London in
the year 1953. Shortly, she took
writing as career but also served as
the editor for many magazines in
meantime. Celtic Christianity
influenced her greatly that most of
her major works like "Celtic
Alternative" in 1987 and "Celtic
Year" in 1993 were on that topic. But
these works indeed made her more
famous.
INTRODUCTION OF THE POEM
Paddling – walking