The Young Idea (1907-?1922) --; 'Cod Pieces' --; 3. 'Family ... friends ... and others': 'Family' ... --; Words of war --; Shall We Join the Ladies ...? --; Indefinite Thoughts on the Infinite --; The Theatre: 'A Temple of Dreams' --; 'I Travel Alone' --; 'If Love Were All' --; 'The Party's Over Now'.
Three volumes of his verse were published in Coward's lifetime, but while The Complete Verse features all of the work from these three volumes it also presents previously unpublished material for the very first time. Coward expert Barry Day has collected together the additional verse which Coward sent to family and friends and which paints a vivid portrait of his more private life. For anyone who has enjoyed the Diaries or the Letters of Noel Coward, The Complete Verse offers further enjoyment and appreciation of Coward's wit, insatiable interest in people and skilful rendering of his public and private lives. Day's linking narrative situates the verse in the events of Coward's life.