"Demonstrating the full range and achievement of Anthony BurgessÆs poetry and verse, this collection contains extracts from his translations of the librettos of <I>Carmen</I>, <I>Oberon</I>, and others; of verse dramas including <I>Cyrano de Bergerac</I>, <I>Oedipus the King</I>, and <I>Chatsky</I>; and his original musicals <I>TrotskyÆs in New York!</I>, </I>Mozart and the Wolf Gang</I>, and <I>A Clockwork Orange 2004</I>. Also included are his translations of the Roman dialect poet Giuseppi Belli, extracts from his verse epic <I>Moses</I>, the complete poems of F. X. Enderby, and Burgess's autobiographical poem ôThe Sword.ö"