本书依据费伯出版社1969年出版的《托•斯•艾略特诗歌戏剧全集》中的诗歌部分译出，收录了艾略特的所有诗歌作品，不仅有广为人知的《J•阿尔弗雷德•普鲁弗洛克的情歌》、《荒原》、《灰星期三》和《四首四重奏》等作品，还包含了首次完整译出的《磐石》、《老负鼠的群猫英雄谱》等作品，全面展现诗人写作的发展历程和各个阶段的创作风貌。此外，书中还加入本套托•斯•艾略特系列作品主编、社科院外国文学研究所所长陆建德教授的序言，深入浅出地介绍了艾略特整个创作生涯和思想历程，为本套书做了极佳的注解。(This book is based on translations of some poems of The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot published by Faber & Faber in 1969. It collects all the poems of Eliot which not only include the well-known The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, Ash Wednesday, Four Quartets and other works, but also The Rock, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and other works which are completely translated for the first time. It fully shows the development process of writing and creation styles and features in each stages of the poet. In addition, this book also adds the preface written by Prof. Lu Jiande, editor-in-chief of this series of works of series of works and Director of Institute of Foreign Literature of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which simply but profoundly introduces the entire writing career and thoughts development course of Eliot and makes an excellent illustration for the set of books.)