Anthology of English Verse, Vol. 1

This first volume of the Anthology of English Verse is a lively performance of familiar poems, including William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat.” The poems are read by Jill Balcon, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, John Glen, Christopher Hassall, Harry Hutchinson, and C. Day-Lewis. Harry Hutchinson’s reading of James Stephens’ “The Fifteen Acres” takes on a musical quality, as Hutchinson emphasizes the rhythmic and lyrical nature of the poem. Other poems feature stories of the sea and the biblical story of Eve. Liner notes include poem texts.

Track Listing

101	Thomas Love Peacock: The Wise Men of Gotham	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and John Glen	01:26
102	John Clare: On a Lane in Spring	John Glen	01:02
103	John Masefield: Mother Carey	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	01:43
104	Lord Tennyson: The Brook	Jill Balcon	02:11
105	Walter de la Mare: Five Eyes	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	00:47
106	James Stephens: The Fifteen Acres	Harry Hutchinson	01:32
107	William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud	Christopher Hassall	01:12
108	W.S. Gilbert: The Yarn of the Nancy Bell	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	05:22
201	William Blake: England Awake!	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	00:58
202	John Keats: Old Meg	Jill Balcon	01:25
203	Edward Lear: The Owl and the Pussycat	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	01:26
204	Rudyard Kipling: The Snow Lies Thick on Valley Forge	Jill Balcon	01:29
205	John Clare: Clock-a-Clay	John Glen	01:11
206	Ralph Hodgson: Eve	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	02:43
207	Thomas Hardy: Weathers	John Glen	00:52
208	W.B. Yeats: The Fiddler of Dooney	Harry Hutchinson	01:06
209	Edward Lear: Calico Pie	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	01:09
210	A.E. Housman: Loveliest of Trees	C. Day Lewis	00:40
211	Walter de la Mare: Off the Ground	V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	03:13