# Ariel Poems (Faber)

The Ariel Poems were two series of pamphlets that contained illustrated poems published by Faber and Gwyer and later by Faber and Faber. The first series had 38 titles published between 1927 and 1931. The second series, published in 1954, had 8 titles.
Each numbered pamphlet had an illustrated cover naming the author and illustrator. Four pages were sewn inside the cover. The frontispiece had another illustration, usually multicolored. Following that page was the poem. Several authors and illustrators had multiple pamphlets.
The pamphlets in the first series, in order, are as follows:
* Yuletide in a Younger World by Thomas Hardy, drawings by Albert Rutherston
* The Linnet's Nest by Henry Newbolt, drawings by Ralph Keene
* The Wonder Night by Laurence Binyon, drawings by Barnett Freedman
* Alone by Walter de la Mare, wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton
* Gloria in Profundis by G. K. Chesterton, wood engravings by Eric Gill
* The Early Whistler by Wilfred Gibson, drawings by John Nash
* Nativity by Siegfried Sassoon, designs by Paul Nash
* Journey of the Magi by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (August 1927)
* The Chanty of the Nona, poem and drawings by Hilaire Belloc
* Moss and Feather by W. H. Davies, illustrated by Sir William Nicholson
* Self to Self by Walter de la Mare, wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton
* Troy by Humbert Wolfe, drawings by Charles Ricketts
* The Winter Solstice by Harold Monro, drawings by David Jones
* To My Mother by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by Stephen Tennant
* Popular Song by Edith Sitwell, designs by Edward Bawden
* A Song for Simeon by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (September 1928)
* Winter Nights, a reminiscence by Edmund Blunden, drawings by Albert Rutherston
* Three Things by W. B. Yeats, drawings by Gilbert Spencer
* Dark Weeping by "AE", designs by Paul Nash
* A Snowdrop by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Claudia Guercio
* Ubi Ecclesia by G. K. Chesterton, drawings by Diana Murphy
* The Outcast by James Stephens, drawings by Althea Willoughby
* Animula by T. S. Eliot, wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes (October 1929)
* Inscription on a Fountain-Head by Peter Quennell, drawings by Albert Rutherston
* The Grave of Arthur by G. K. Chesterton, drawings by Celia Fiennes
* Elm Angel by Harold Monro, wood engravings by Eric Ravilious
* In Sicily by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by Stephen Tennant
* The Triumph of the Machine by D. H. Lawrence, drawings by Althea Willoughby
* Marina by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (September 1930)
* The Gum Trees by Roy Campbell, drawings by David Jones
* News by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Barnett Freedman
* A Child is Born by Henry Newbolt, drawings by Althea Willoughby
* To Lucy by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Albert Rutherston
* To the Red Rose by Siegfried Sassoon, drawings by Stephen Tennant
* Triumphal March by T. S. Eliot, drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer (October 1931)
* Jane Barston 1719-1746 by Edith Sitwell, drawings by R. A. Davies
* Invitation To Cast Out Care by Vita Sackville-West, drawings by Graham Sutherland
* Choosing A Mast by Roy Campbell, drawings by Barnett Freedman
The pamphlets in the second series are as follows:
* The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot, drawings by David Jones
* Mountains by W.H. Auden, drawings by Edward Bawden
* Christmas Eve by C. Day-Lewis, drawings by Edward Ardizzone
* Nativity by Roy Campbell, drawings by James Sellars
* The Other Wing by Louis MacNeice, drawings by Michael Ayrton
* Sirmione Peninsula by Stephen Sender, drawings by Lynton Lamb
* Prometheus by Edwin Muir, drawings by John Piper
* The Winnowing Dream by Walter de la Mare, drawings by Robin Jaques